Kanye tea death mystery deepens

Pot of death: Two men died recently in Kanye after drinking a seemingly innocuous cup of tea
Pot of death: Two men died recently in Kanye after drinking a seemingly innocuous cup of tea

The mystery surrounding the recent death of two men in Kanye suspected to have drunk poisoned tea, is yet to be solved as a post-mortem into the matter has returned with inconclusive results.

The Officer-in-Charge of the Kanye Criminal Investigations Department, Ranchi Olebile, yesterday told Mmegi that police were yet to establish exactly what caused the deaths, as the post-mortem report had given them little to run with in their investigations.

“We were hoping that the post mortem report would at least give us a clue as to what we could look for in increasing the scope of our investigations but now we have encountered a minor setback. It came out without much to work on,” he said. Olebile said the police are now pinning their hopes on the findings of a laboratory as samples have been sent there for examination.

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