The body of 46-year-old Kapapero Ndano was found with stab wounds on Monday at the Tumweneni informal settlement, Rundu.

The lifeless body was found by a passer-by in the Tumweneni sewerage yard.

The deceased was stabbed with an unknown sharp object several times, and she died on the spot.

It is alleged that Ndano was last seen on Sunday evening by her neighbors.

According to her eight-year-old son, Ndano was on a phone call with an unknown man when she locked him in the house and left.