The wife and two daughters of fugitive Zimbabwean-born British man Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma died from blunt force trauma, according to post-mortem results released on Monday.
Blunt force trauma refers to an injury caused by impact with a solid object — something that doesn’t cut or pierce the skin but delivers a heavy blow.
The findings were made public after the bodies of Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, and her daughters, Natalie, 15, and Nala, 5, were found at their home in Great Denham, Bedfordshire, on 6 July.
Sky News reported that post-mortem examinations concluded all three died from blunt force trauma.
The examinations were carried out by UK forensic pathologists under the direction of the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit.
Tshuma, who also uses the name Mark, was arrested on Friday in the Johannesburg suburb of Kensington in a joint operation by the South African Police Service and Interpol.
He appeared before the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court on Monday, charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, following his arrest in South Africa last Friday.
The court heard that the UK has submitted a provisional extradition request. The case was postponed to 22 July for verification of his legal status and to begin formal extradition proceedings.
Tshuma appeared in court with bloodshot eyes and a composed expression.
He is accused of killing his family in Bedfordshire, east of London, before boarding a flight from Heathrow to Johannesburg via Dubai. The bodies were discovered two days after he left the UK.
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