Police in Bulawayo have arrested Kimberly Ncube (pictured), a 19-year-old girl who was employed as a housemaid in Paddonhurst suburb.
Ncube allegedly kidnapped her employer’s one-year eight-month-old son and also stole the family’s vehicle which was parked at their house on Monday.
Posting on their official Twitter page this Tuesday, ZRP said both the child and vehicle were recovered. The child was found in good health and has since been reunited with his family. Police said:
The ZRP confirms the arrest of a maid, Kimberley Ncube (19) in connection with cases of kidnapping a baby boy (1 year 8 months) and theft of a white Sedan BMW 328i vehicle, registration number AEA 8833 which occurred on 31/10/22 at her employer’s residence along Mackenzie Road, Paddonhurst. The arrest led to the recovery of the stolen vehicle and the reunion of the baby with his family.
It has not yet been revealed where the maid was found with the child or the motive behind the abduction.
Earlier, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) deputy spokesperson in Bulawayo Province, Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele issued a statement appealing for information from the public to locate the child. She said:
Police in Bulawayo are looking for Kimberly Ncube, a female adult aged 19, she was employed as a maid in Paddonhurst in Bulawayo. She was left alone looking after her employer’s one-year eight-month-old son.
She took advantage of her employer’s absence who had gone to work and she stole her white BMW 328i, registration number AEA8833 which was parked in the garage.
She also took the motor vehicle’s documents and also kidnapped the one-year eight-month-old son and disappeared with him. We suspect that she was assisted by her boyfriend.