Woman Accused Of Killing Step Son By Poisoning Him After Asking For Food. Photos

A woman has been accused of poisoning her step son to death after asking for food. The woman identified as Bana Joe – is alleged to have killed the young boy because she was tired of preparing meals for the 4 years old child in Kitwe area of Zambia.

The boy named Joe was killed at the time when his father went to look for food for the family.

Eye witnesses tell Koswe that the boy was poisoned as his stomach looked swollen and white substances were coming out of his noise at the time they discovered his corpse.

The body was discovered yesterday morning by women who had gone to wash clothes in a nearby stream.

The father, Mr Kunda is said to have been going round Mindolo area for the past two days looking for the child as the wife reportedly played ignorance.

Neighbours of the same family told Koswe that the step mother was ever complaining of feeding another woman’s child while she was failing to conceive.