A chapatti maker is in police custody at the Lorengedwat Sub County police post in Nabilatuk district as he tried to escape justice after suffocating and strangling his girlfriend to death in Nakapiripirit district.

The incident happened on Monday afternoon at Namalu trading centre, Namalu Sub County in Nakapiripirit district.

The suspect has been identified as one, “Mutwalibi” alias “Mutwalo” a resident of the same address.

However, information was not readily available as to why the chapatti man killed Rose Gwaga 20 who had just spent four months in the relationship.

The deceased was working at a nearby restaurant, few metres from the killer’s chapatti making workplace.

When contacted Karamoja police spokesperson Mike Longole, confirmed the incident describing it as unfortunate.

Longole says the deceased went for the festive season and when she returned at the beginning of January, she went to stay with her Mutwalib in a rented room located a few metres from the trading centre.

Quoting some of the neighbours, Longole noted that the deceased has always been indoors with little or no communication with the neighbours and was last seen on the morning of Monday.

On the fateful day, Mutwalib reportedly returned home where he spent a lot of time in his room, prompting his colleague only identified as Rasta to go to his place to tell him to come and fry the already steamed beans at around 5.00pm.

After repeated calls with no answer, Rasta pushed the door, only to see the girl dead, where he raised an alarm that attracted people at the trading centre.

Longole says the suspect was arrested at Lorengedwat trading centre on Tuesday 2024 while trying to escape via Moroto to a yet to be disclosed destination.