Police in Isingiro District has revealed that it has made a major breakthrough in the murder of Karuhanga Gordon, a 48-year-old resident of Rugaara Cell, Kagarama Parish, Kagarama Sub-county in the same district.
Following a report of Karuhanga’s murder, Police promptly responded with a team comprising homicide detectives, Scenes of Crime Officers, and a K-9 unit.
At the scene, a thorough examination was conducted by the dog handler, after which a sniffer dog was introduced.
“The dog picked up the strongest scent believed to belong to the suspect and tracked it for a distance of about 100 meters from the scene, eventually leading to and positively identifying a suspect known as Gerald, who was among other community members present” read the police statement.
According to police, the suspect was identified by the complainant as a co-worker of the deceased and it was established that both men were employed by the same person to work on a plantation and were residing together in the same house.
Upon arrest, the suspect was found with bloodstains on his hands, suspected to be of human origin.
Police noted that during interrogation, he confessed to having fought with the deceased during the night, together with four other individuals who were in the house, after returning from a drinking joint.
Police also recovered suspected murder weapons from the scene, including a pit axe and a stick, both bearing bloodstains. The exhibits have been secured to aid ongoing investigations.
Police say inquiries are continuing as efforts intensify to establish the full circumstances surrounding the murder and to apprehend any other suspects involved.
