Ityala liqale eBrandon ngoMvulo lendoda etyholwa ngokubulala inkosikazi yayo phambi kokuba ikhaya labo liqhushumbe kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo.
Abafazi abasibhozo kunye namadoda amathandathu bakhethwa kwi-Brandonos Westman Centennial Auditorium, eyajika yaba yinkundla yethutyana ngoMvulo kusasa ukuze kukhethwe ijaji.
Abantu abali-14 ekugqibeleni baya kuthatha isigqibo sokuba ngaba uRobert Hughes unetyala lokubulala umfazi wakhe oneminyaka engama-63 ubudala uBetty.
U-Hughes uhlawuliswe ngokubulala okwesibini ngenxa yokuba umfazi wakhe wasweleka ngo-Oktobha 2019. Wafa ekhayeni lakhe kufuphi ne-Brandon's Green Acres abayithenga kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo.
Amapolisa athi uBetty wasweleka ngaphambi kokuba ikhaya lezithandani liqhume, lijike laba yingqushu. Umzimba wakhe kamva wafunyanwa kobo bugoxo. URobert wafunyanwa wenzakele ngokumasikizi kobo bugoxo.
U-Hughes, oneminyaka engama-63, wabanjwa emva kokuphuma esibhedlele ngexesha lesehlo. Uvalelwe ukususela oko wabanjwa.
NgoMvulo, ipolisa lesherifu lakhokela uHughes ngesuti emnyama kunye namakhamandela. Wayehleli kwibhokisi yentolongo egobile ebonakala engenamandla.
“Usuku lokugqibela lobomi bukaBetty Hughes lwalungeyiyo le nto yena okanye intsapho yakhe babeyilindele. Usikwe kanobom kwaye udinga uncedo lwezonyango,” utshilo umtshutshisi uChris Van der Hoft kwingxelo yokuvula.
“Ngumyeni wakhe kuphela okhoyo, yaye akazange amncede. Xa esopha de wafa, into awayenzayo kukuya kumgangatho ongaphantsi wanqumla umbhobho wegesi.”
UVan der Hoft uthe kwintetho yakhe ityala liza kuva ukuba umtshato we coupleos waqhawuka njani. Nangona wathenga indlu entsha kunye, wathi ubudlelwane abunakulungiswa.
Wathi emva kokuba uRobert ebuyile ekhaya, wafumana umbhalo womthengisi womhlaba othi “ithengiswa” kwibala elingaphambili. Esi sibini sasinengxabano ekhitshini ekhaya, kwaye ulwalamano lwaso lwalutshintshe kakhulu.
Wathi uBetty wabulawa emva kokunqunyulwa izihlandlo ezininzi ngesitshetshe esisebenza ngomthi otyheli. Inkundla yaxelelwa ukuba indlela enzakala ngayo nokopha kwayo kwabangela ukufa kwakhe.
“Wambulala umfazi wakhe kwaye esazi ukuba akukho kubuya ngamva,” utshilo. Akazange atsalele umnxeba u-911, kodwa wayisingatha ngobugwala le meko.
UVan der Hoft uthe uHughes wazama ukuphelisa ubomi bakhe. Inkundla yaxelelwa ukuba ngentambo ejinga entanyeni yakhe kunye nemela yoncedo esandleni sakhe, wakhutshwa kobo bugoxo.
"URobert Hughes wehla ezantsi emva kokubulala uBetty kwaye waphazamisa ukuhanjiswa kwegesi kwibhoyila. Ukuqokelelwa kwegesi kwindawo engaphantsi kwacinywa ngenxa yokukhanya kwesalathisi kwisifudumezi-manzi, okubangela ugqabhuko-dubulo olukhulu,” utshilo.
UTravis Foster weConstant Brandon Police's Forensic Appraisal Unit waba lingqina lokuqala ukuma kwityala elisemthethweni. Kungekudala emva kogqabhuko-dubulo, yena neqabane lakhe babizelwa kwindawo yesiganeko, yaye bakwazi ukubona indawo yasekhitshini kwindlu owawukuyo umzimba kaBetty.
Wanikela ubungqina: “Kukho igazi elininzi emgangathweni apho uBetty Hughes akhoyo, ingakumbi apho intloko yakhe ikhoyo.” “Umva wehempe yakhe wawuzele ligazi ngokupheleleyo.”
UFoster uthe umzimba kaBetty wawubekwe kwi-tarp waza wafudukela kwigaraji eyahlukileyo kwipropati ukukhusela ingozi eyongezelelweyo emzimbeni wakhe. Uthe emva kokuphonononga le ndawo, kufunyenwe amachaphaza egazi kucango lwefriji, ikhawuntara kunye nomgangatho wasekhitshini.
“Kwigumbi le-injini, siye sabona ukuba umzila wegesi ophambili ongena kwibhoyila yamanzi ashushu yendlu uvaliwe,” utshilo uFoster. “Kukho isitshixo sombhobho kunye negazi phantsi phantsi kwetanki lamanzi ashushu.
"Ivalve yokulawula kwitanki yamanzi ashushu itshintshelwa kwindawo yokulinga, kwaye kukho amabala egazi kwivalve yokulawula amanzi ashushu."
Iiovaroli, iintambo ezinentambo, izihlangu ezinegazi nezinye iimpahla ezazinxitywe nguHughes ngobo busuku zabanjwa ngamapolisa emva kokuba esiwe esibhedlele.
Ngexesha lokubuzwa imibuzo, igqwetha elikhuselayo uSaul Simmonds wabuza uFoster ngesizathu, yena neqabane lakhe uConstable. URobert Gale, oye wanikela ubungqina ngoMvulo, wahlamba kuphela amabala athile egazi kwaye wakhangela kuphela inxalenye yamabhodlo endlu.
Kwakhona wabuza ukuba kutheni kungakhange kwenziwe uphando olungakumbi ukuze kufunyanwe incam elahlekileyo yemela yoncedo, ngelixa ezinye izinto, njengezinto ezikwisipaji sikaBetty, zidweliswe yinto nganye.
Amalungu aseBrandon Fire and Emergency Services Centre, umphandi womlilo, kunye ne-DNA kunye neengcali ze-pathology kulindeleke ukuba zingqine kule veki.
Umsebenzi ophambili we-CBCos kukwenza iwebhusayithi abanokuthi bayindwendwele bonke abantu baseKhanada, kuquka abo banokukhubazeka okubonakalayo, okuvayo, kweemoto kunye nokuphazamiseka kwengqondo.
Ixesha lokuposa: Dec-01-2021
