Tribute Released For Murdered Long Melford Mum

17 December 2014, 13:02 | Updated: 17 December 2014, 14:32

The family of a woman murdered in Long Meford have released a tribute.

Deborak Wamusheke Mudia Ruse died at her home on 13th November.

The body of her husband Oliver was found in a car park in Bury St Edmunds later that day.

Yesterday an inquest opened into their deaths.

Her family said :

"It is with great shock and sadness that we, the family of Deborah Wamusheke Mundia Ruse, received the news of her murder in Long Melford, Suffolk, England.

On Thursday the 13th of November, 2014 Deborah Ruse fondly known as Sheke in Zambia, was found dead in her cottage which she recently moved into whilst on separation from her husband Oliver Ruse.

Deborah was the second daughter of the late Alex Mundia, a past C.E.O of a number of financial institutions in Zambia including the Zambian National Building Society and Lima Bank and also employed by the World Bank in Zambia; and Gertrude Mundia, restaurant owner and business woman in Lusaka.

Deborah attended her primary education at the prestigious Nkwazi Primary School now known as Nkwazi Trust school and went on to complete her secondary education at Mpelembe Trust School an exclusive school, reserved for those attaining a certain level of academic excellence.

She went on to pursue a law degree at the exclusive Buckingham University in England.

Deborah met Oliver Ruse whilst working part-time at Gap Stores on Oxford street in London where he was also working. They married in 1998 in Lusaka, Zambia and had a marriage blessing in Long Melford the same year.

Deborah leaves behind her four beautiful daughters aged between 8 and 16 years. She was a passionate Christian, generous and a kind soul who had a way of making everybody she came into contact with feel loved.

We wish to thank Suffolk Police for soothing our hearts by giving us daily updates of their findings concerning the death of Deborah.

May Her Soul Rest in Eternal Peace."