Son kills dad in US
A 26-year-old Ugandan was yesterday charged in a US court with murdering Dr. Joseph Kazigo (right), a renowned trauma surgeon at the Nassau University Medical Centre in New York.
By Maurice Okore
A 26-year-old Ugandan was yesterday charged in a US court with murdering Dr. Joseph Kazigo (right), a renowned trauma surgeon at the Nassau University Medical Centre in New York.
Mulumba Kazigo, 26, according to US media, last Thursday used a baseball to batter his 67-year-old father before slitting his throat. He is said to have dumped the body about 65 miles away from the scene of the crime. He was arrested on Friday.
Prosecutors believe Mulumba planned the murder because he had with him everything he needed to dispose of his father’s body.
They, however, declined to mention the motive of the murder.
Prosecutors, according to the media, said Mulumba had long-standing tensions with his father, who lived in a rented apartment on Long Island in New York City.
Kazigo stayed at the apartment because it was close to his job but he shared a residence a few kilometres away from the rented apartment with his wife, Caroline and children, including Mulumba.
On Thursday night, Kazigos’s co-workers called in police after he failed to show up for his shift.
When police went to Kazigo’s home on Thursday evening, they found the back door shattered, broken glass, and a trail of blood from his bedroom to the garage.
The police immediately mounted a search for Kazigo, which ended on Sunday after his body had been discovered.
A 26-year-old Ugandan was yesterday charged in a US court with murdering Dr. Joseph Kazigo (right), a renowned trauma surgeon at the Nassau University Medical Centre in New York.
Mulumba Kazigo, 26, according to US media, last Thursday used a baseball to batter his 67-year-old father before slitting his throat. He is said to have dumped the body about 65 miles away from the scene of the crime. He was arrested on Friday.
Prosecutors believe Mulumba planned the murder because he had with him everything he needed to dispose of his father’s body.
They, however, declined to mention the motive of the murder.
Prosecutors, according to the media, said Mulumba had long-standing tensions with his father, who lived in a rented apartment on Long Island in New York City.
Kazigo stayed at the apartment because it was close to his job but he shared a residence a few kilometres away from the rented apartment with his wife, Caroline and children, including Mulumba.
On Thursday night, Kazigos’s co-workers called in police after he failed to show up for his shift.
When police went to Kazigo’s home on Thursday evening, they found the back door shattered, broken glass, and a trail of blood from his bedroom to the garage.
The police immediately mounted a search for Kazigo, which ended on Sunday after his body had been discovered.