TANZANIA: Dad sentenced to life in prison for killing his two daughters after fight with ex-wife

 

36-year-old Charles Mihayo from Tanzania, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his two daughters at his home in Melbourne on April 20, 2014. Charles dressed his two dead daughters in floral dresses in an act of revenge against his ex-wife. 

  

The prosecutors said that after his wife divorced him, an angry Charles killed his own children just to make their mother suffer. He smothered 4-year-old Savannah, and her sister Indianna, 3, after playing with them.

Though he was sentenced to life in prison, Charles is eligible for parole after 31 years. However, Charles has refused to go into details as to how and why he killed the little girls, only saying he deserves to be punished for his wicked actions.

According to reports, on the day of they were murdered, their mother dropped them off with him, he then took them shopping for new clothes and shoes. Before killing his kids, Charles filmed them dancing to 'Let it go' a song from Disney movie, Frozen and even played with them. In the video which officers later saw, the killer told his girls to show their mum the clothes he just bought for them. The excited kids did, then Charles looked menacingly at the camera and said "We’ll show mum something else in ten minutes". He then played hide and seek with then before smothering them with a pillow.

What happened next isn't clear but Charles called the police to his home. And told the police when they arrived "It’s done. I’ve killed them. I’ve killed my kids. You’ll have to ask (my former wife why).” The police found the children lying dead in their home dressed in the new clothes and shoes.