The investigation led to the arrest of the victim’s boyfriend, who was on the run since his crime, on 17 August 2026 in a notorious drug trafficking area at a place called “Mokolo Elobi”. While being questioned at the First Gendarmerie Region, the suspect, aged 22, made a full confession.

During the reconstruction of events at the crime scene on 20 August 2026, the alleged murderer stated that he had welcomed the deceased into his home on 9 August and strangled her following an altercation. He then kept her body in his bedroom during two days before going out alone at night to bury her behind his house in a shallow grave that he had dug two days before the crime. According to the neighbourhood chief, it was the smell of body barely buried that alerted the neighbours, leading to the discovery of the grave.

According to Lieutenant-Colonel ETOUA Julien Freddy, Chief of Staff of the First Gendarmerie Region, the motive for the murder remains unclear, as the suspect initially claimed to have committed the crime because he had discovered that the victim was pregnant by another man. He then claimed that he had killed his girlfriend because of a debt of 50,000 FCFA that she kept demanding he repay.

The alleged murderer has been brought before the courts to be held accountable.