By Own Correspondent- A security guard from Bulawayo is reportedly on the run after killing his girlfriend over a text message.

Absolom Ndlovu who is employed by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) strangled his girlfriend Vonai Mhoya to death on Saturday night over a misunderstanding of a text message. 

The guard left a detailed note in which he outlined his reasons for the murder and threatened to also kill the victim’s mother.

The victim’s mother alleged that she became concerned after her daughter was not picking up her phone calls well after 10 am.

She went to the couple’s home but found all the doors and windows locked. However, she managed to open the door as she knew where the keys were hidden, only to discover the lifeless body of her daughter.

Part of the note Absolom left at the crime scene reads.

Nanso isiphetho sesiwule lonaLinda uyalandela. Lisale kuhle mawule afuze unina yimi elimzondayo elifuna imali yakhe. (This is the end result of prostitution and Linda’s mother is next. Farewell, you prostitutes who are like your mother. I’m the one you hate, whose money you are after). ”