The Zambia Police Service is investigating a shocking murder case in Garden Compound involving the skeletal remains of a man, Mr. George Kalaba, aged 51, who was discovered dead inside his home after being missing for over two years.
The case was initially reported on January 14, 2025, at around 16:30 hours by Mr. Emmanuel Kalaba, aged 55, of Chelstone Extension. Mr. Kalaba informed police at the Garden Police Post that his brother’s wife, Mrs. Sylvia Mutoba Kalaba, aged 51, had repeatedly denied him and other family members access to his younger brother between July 2023 and January 2025.
According to Mr. Kalaba, his suspicions grew when he visited the residence early that morning and found it locked. A tenant at the premises revealed that they had not seen Mr. George Kalaba for over two years, with Mrs. Sylvia Kalaba preventing anyone from entering the home.
Police officers responding to the report forced entry into the house and made a gruesome discovery: the skeletal remains of Mr. George Kalaba lying on a bed, indicating he had been dead for a significant period.
Mrs. Sylvia Kalaba and her children – Natasha (19), Sandra (22), Wendi (27), and a 15-year-old juvenile – were found inside the locked house. All five were apprehended and remain in custody to assist with investigations.
The skeletal remains were transported to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) Mortuary for a postmortem scheduled for January 15, 2025, to determine the cause of death. A case docket has been opened, and investigations are ongoing.
Sixth Suspect Apprehended
In a subsequent development, the Zambia Police Service has detained a sixth suspect in connection with the case. Ms. Preteria Mbandama Musela, aged 44, of Luangwa-Garden Compound, was arrested on January 18, 2025.
Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga confirmed that Ms. Musela was the first person informed about Mr. George Kalaba’s death and had physically viewed the skeletal remains on November 21, 2023. Investigations revealed that Ms. Musela had been regularly praying with Mrs. Sylvia Kalaba and her children since 2023, believing that Mr. Kalaba would resurrect.
Ms. Musela is being held on allegations of Accessory After the Fact to Murder and is assisting police with further inquiries.
Public Assistance Sought
The Zambia Police Service has reiterated its commitment to thoroughly investigating the matter and ensuring justice is served. Members of the public with relevant information are urged to report to Emmasdale Police Station, Garden Police Post, or their nearest police station.
This disturbing case has left the community in shock as investigators work to uncover the full circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. George Kalaba.
Investigations should extend to pente churches with the objective of rooting out all unchristian/spiritual behaviors that have become ubiquitous. The Christian nation tag is now looking more like a joke.
These are evil beings
What came into the senses of humans to act like that? Let’s pray to the Lord for mercy, and more evil acts to be revealed. We are a Christian Nation which needs morals and character. A nation without good morals and character is unChristian. Police do your thorough investigations and let the nation know the outcomes unlike other cases that go silent. Thanks!
Where was your Lord when the poor soul was being taken.
One reason to BELIEVE God does not exist. It’s all human figment of imagination
Education experts ought to be speaking out on such issues because what they specialise in is the only antidote to this kind of primitivity. A good education frees people’s minds from primitive beliefs.
She is not the one who killed ba zanaco am a lawyer she denied ever killing him please release her before I take the govt to court.
So, what if any formation, of any church, could be subjected to laid down procedural legal requirements? Would this help curb mashrooming of all sorts of churches in Zambia, some of which on the surface of it appear to be like a church but infact cults – dangerous and deadly preying on poor Zambians and manipulating them.
Stanyako!
First step is to ask questions – why is LT circulating without captions a completely fake photo of a skeleton which is obviously not the deceased? Is LT now involved in whipping up witchcraft hysteria? Why? Are we so childish as a nation
Why is it that God on the day of judgement will judge people individually? Are their some people thinking that by hiding behind the tag of Christianity God will spare them?