Police have sought help from the public to help it identify the headless female victim of the recently arrested serial killer in Masaka.
Quraish Kamugisha, also known as Fred Mujulizi was recently arrested by police over a series of murders in Masaka, Kiruhura, Ibanda and Kazo.
Kamugisha has since confessed to killing these victims.
Police spokesperson, Kituuma Rusoke said on Monday that among the victims is an unidentified female whose headless body was recovered at Butale Cell in Kyanamukaka while the head was found wrapped in a white polythene bag dumped at Kako Cell, along the Kako–Mukungwe Road in Nyendo-Mukungwe Division.
Rusoke said Kamugisha later confessed to killing and plucking out the victim’s heart.
“The body was recovered from Butale Cell in Kako, Masaka district and the head was not far away from it. Up to today, the female has not yet been identified. The female victims has not been identified by a relative or friend,” Rusoke said.
“We call upon anybody with information about identify of this person to come up. We are also providing telephone numbers which can be contacted 0741445532, 0741445534, 0741445535.”
Rusoke said anyone with information on relatives or friends to the deceased should provide it to police on the numbers listed to aid in ongoing investigations.
The police spokesperson said whereas Kamugisha has confessing to killing over 38 people in the four districts, these can only be proven by scientific investigations.
He added that investigations into these murders are still ongoing.
