A POLICE investigation into Rtd General Solomon Mujuru’s death in a house fire on August 16 is complete, police said.
Mujuru’s charred remains were removed from the sprawling farmhouse in Beatrice amid conspiracy theories suggesting foul play.
Now Vice President Joice Mujuru, the liberation war hero’s anxious widow, could be close to learning how her husband died.
Police spokesman Senior Assistant Commissioner Wayne Bvudzijena said on Tuesday that the teams of investigators from the police, forensics, fire department and the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority had packed up from the crime scene to “consolidate” their findings.
“We are consolidating what we have gathered including specialist reports,” he told the NewsDay newspaper. “The results of the investigations will be made public at the appropriate time by the appropriate authorities.”
Bvudzijena said the ZRP had complete faith "in the competence of our officers and professionals who attended to the scene".
But even before police release their investigations, Vice President Mujuru has already voiced her suspicions that her husband could have been dead before the fire started.
She indicated that a military man of her husband's stature could have easily escaped the fire through the many exits, especially those in the bedroom – suggesting that he may have been incapacitated before the fire started.
“The problem is we just hear its fire. But what happened from 8.30PM [when he arrived at the farm] to when the fire was seen [2.30AM]? That’s where the story is,” the grieving Mujuru said