An Israeli citizen identified as Raed Wated, 58, was arrested by Police in Mpigi on suspicion of murdering his wife, Monica Nabukenya, 25, after a DNA test confirmed that he is not the father of their 6-months old daughter. He hide her body in a septic tank before confessing.
According to sources ,Raed killedhis Ugandan wife and hide her body in septic tank after DNA test revealed he is not the biological father of their daughter
Police in Mpigi District arrested Raed Wated, before he led investigators to a septic pit where his wife’s decomposing body was found after relatives alerted police about her disappearance.
Police had to break open metal bars that had been wielded over the opening of the pit.
Raed Wated
Ugandan media cited police and officials in the Kalagala Village where Wated lived as saying the couple had a falling out over his suspicions that Nabukenya had been unfaithful.
"Wated decided to take the child for a DNA test and it so happened that the results turned negative,” a police statement reads in part.
The DNA test revealed that Wated was not the biological father of the child. The couple also have a 5 year old child.
Nabukenya Monica
When he returned home and after some confrontations, he decided to kill his wife and dump her body in a septic tank in their compound and partially covered the corpse with soil.
In the process of interrogation, detectives at Kayabwe Police Station asked the suspect to take them to his home. On their arrival, they were hit by a stench of a dec0mposed body.
They searched and found it in a septic tank. After questioning, He admitted killing his wife because of the negative DNA test results," the police statement read.
Israeli national Raed Wated is being held by the police in Mpigi district on murder charges. He confessed to killing his 26-year-old wife, Monica Nabukenya, after discovering through DNA analysis that one of her children was not his. #NTVNews
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