Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau
A 45-YEAR-OLD mentally challenged Chinhoyi woman who went missing last Saturday was found dead in a maize field on Sunday.
The woman identified as Maria Tagarira is said to have been found naked and had been raped near Hunyani high-density suburb’s Methodist Church.
Provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Margaret Chitove confirmed the incident adding investigations were still underway.
The woman was a firewood vendor before she suffered a stroke sometime back rendering her life a charity case, surviving from handouts.
There have been growing concerns over attacks on pedestrians in the same ward with two youths recently escaping death after being stabbed.



