Michael Otira’s whose body was found decomposing in staff quarters this Monday died on Saturday according to the Police Pathology report which was released yesterday night at the KCCA Mortuary in Mulago hospital. The post mortem results indicated Michael suffered a slow cerebral hemorrhage death (a copious or heavy discharge of blood from the blood vessels in the brain) and died 72 hours before his body was found.
A bunch of pain killers were discovered from his pocket, which indicate that he was going through a lot of stress, causing him excruciating pain to the brain and a lot of headache.
How he died?
Due to the excruciating pain Otira had felt he collapsed on Wednesday evening after work in his room at the staff quarters in Makerere next to Lumumba. Otira made a desperate attempt for his phone which had fallen into bits meters away with the battery scattered far away from the device. He also made an attempt and struggle to crawl on his belly out of the room to rescue himself but his last gasp effort was not enough to save him.
It was also surprising to find out that his land lady who had been denying anyone access to the room had locked Otira’s room door on discovery that the door was left open. A one Opio a close friend of Michael and Staff of CEDAT school of engineering where Michael was studying Mechanical Engineering had been trying on several occasions to enter Otira’s residence since Friday but was unsuccessful due to the Land lady’s Strict rules to not allow any stranger near the residents. Opio’s instincts grew more suspicious after calling Otira’s wife who also had no idea about the whereabouts of her husband claimed she last talked to him on Wednesday when he was at work. This indicated something quite unusual to Opio who had been trying so hard to contact Otira.
By Monday the stench and pungent smell could be noticed around Otira’s room prompting Opio to storm Makerere Police and have them to break into Opio’s room only to find the horrific sight of Otira’s shocking decomposing body on the floor.
By Nick Sakwa
