Missing woman found buried near boyfriend’s home

A family’s search for 30-year-old Anagret Naporo Mushinga ended in horror when her boyfriend allegedly led police to her burial site after telling relatives for weeks that she had walked away following a fight and disappeared on 17 October.Her boyfriend, cattle herder Kandonga Fernando (30), reportedly led police to the site last week after he was brought in for questioning. Her body was discovered just 800 metres from Fernando’s homestead at Shimpanda village in the Kavango East Region.Mushinga’s body was exhumed on 6 November.Fernando appeared in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court on Monday, charged with murder, read with the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act, and defeating or obstructing the course of justice.Magistrate Sonia Samupofu remanded him in custody and postponed the matter to 22 February for further investigations.Mushinga’s uncle, Muronga Thomas, told Namibian Sun on Monday that the family had initially thought she had left Fernando following a disagreement and had no reason to suspect that she had been killed.Desperate searchThe family said Mushinga travelled to Shimpanda village on 17 October to visit Fernando. The following day, relatives heard that the couple had quarrelled and that she had decided to leave.Fernando reportedly contacted a relative of Mushinga and claimed she had left their homestead, leaving her five-year-old daughter behind."After she left, the guy called our sister now to inform her that the deceased left," Thomas said.Mushinga’s family collected her young child, who is from a previous relationship and is not Fernando’s biological daughter.The family initially believed Mushinga had gone somewhere and would eventually make contact. After several days without hearing from her, relatives decided to approach Fernando themselves.Thomas said some family members travelled to Shimpanda to find out whether Fernando had any information about her whereabouts. He said Fernando told them he did not know where she was but gave them a phone number that he said Mushinga had used to contact him after leaving."He actually said that he is not aware of her whereabouts," Thomas claimed.With no answers, the family reported Mushinga missing around 21 October.Alleged suicide attemptThe situation took an unexpected turn when the family learnt that Fernando had allegedly attempted suicide and had been admitted to hospital about two days after the family’s visit.Thomas said the news left the family confused, as they were still desperately trying to establish what had happened to Mushinga."We were like, what is happening now, why must he attempt to commit suicide?" he recalled.The family waited for Fernando to be released, hoping he could give them more information.According to Thomas, relatives were told on Thursday that police had continued questioning Fernando and that he had allegedly confessed to killing her. He reportedly led police to the burial site the following day, where Mushinga’s body and belongings were recovered.A family in shockThomas described Mushinga as a cherished member of the family, particularly because she and her twin brother had lost both their parents.He said the extended family had played an important role in their lives, regarding the twins as a blessing."She was a very important person because she is a twin girl. They were born two. The mother passed away and the father passed away," Thomas said.

Missing woman found buried near boyfriend’s home

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Namibian Sun 2026-11-11

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