By Patience Longwe

Lilongwe, January 11, Mana: Police in Lilongwe have arrested Rose Tayitasi, 42- years- old for allegedly assaulting to death her biological 16-year-old son over the missing of her Itel keypad cellphone at Mitengo Village on February 10, 2025.

According to Lilongwe Police Spokeperson Hastings Chigalu, the deceased has been identified as Charles Muwelo.

Chigalu said on February 7, 2025 at around 22:00 hours, the suspect noticed that her cellphone was missing from the house and suspected her son (deceased) to be behind the theft of the gadget.

Chigalu narrated that filled with anger, the suspect took a piece of a tree and assaulted heavily her son aiming at forcing him to reveal where the deceased sold the phone.

“Unfortunately the boy never confessed to stealing the phone, until he collapsed and became unconscious.

“The development forced both parents, mother (suspect) and father to rush their son to Bwaila District Hospital for medical attention but without notifying either the police or neighbors of the incident,” he said.

They were later referred to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) where sadly the boy died on Monday at around 06:00 hours while receiving treatment.

However, the couple was denied collection of the body, they were advised to report the matter to police first.

This is when the father to the deceased came to report the incident at Chisiyo- Bypass Police Unit.

Postmortem done by Kamuzu Central Hospital revealed that the boy died as a result of head injury secondary to assault.

The suspect who hails from Chimkwita Village, Traditional Authority Makwangwala in Ntcheu District, will be charged with murder.