Blessed Believe Juruvenge, only 30, died recently in police custody, leaving behind not just unanswered questions, but a life in mid-bloom.
His pregnant wife, Mercy Madenyika, now finds herself at a painful crossroads, mourning the loss of her husband while bracing for the arrival of their first child.
The couple lived in the Damafalls area of Ruwa, where they ran a modest tuckshop together.
Nearly two weeks after Juruvenge’s brutal assault and death, the man believed responsible, Constable Prince Ndavambi, remains on the run.
Madenyika told NewZimbabwe.com she is grappling with the devastating loss of her husband and the daunting prospect of facing motherhood alone. She said:
I can’t believe my husband is gone before he could even hold our baby. I never thought I would have to face this alone, especially with a child on the way.
I don’t know how I will manage. We were supposed to build a life together, and now it feels like everything has been taken away from me.
If the law doesn’t take its course, we are pleading to citizens of Zimbabwe to help us find something to haunt the ones who took away his life.
Elipa Jimu, the late Juruvenge’s mother, is struggling to come to terms with the painful reality of her son’s death. She said:
I am in pain over my son’s death; him and Melisa were the ones taking care of me.
He left a pregnant wife. I don’t even know how I am going to take care of her. The preparation for the baby has not been bought yet.
There even is no money for the funeral. I don’t know where I am going to even get it. My son was supposed to bury me first, but it is me who is burying him.
More: NewZimbabwe.com
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