Companies that the victim was supposedly recruited by were never investigated at the material time. According to the evidence, the companies search was also only conducted on the 18 th of June 2020, following this case being filled against the Respondent State. 89 It is also worth noting that Roseda Modise, the alleged girlfriend of Mr. Kennedy Maurice Mativo, who too had been seen with the victim was never questioned or requested for a statement during the material time of the investigation. Her evidence too was only obtained on the 24 th of arch 2020. 90 The Commission also does not take for granted that the Prosecutor General upon being given the investigation file, indicated that there were some questions that remained to be answered in the investigation. 91 160. From these facts, it is clear tharthe Police did not conduct themselves diligently in the investigations, leaving many plausible leads unpursued. This too being on account of overreliance on other sources of evidence which were granted more weight over others and perceived to be the conclusive truth. 161. The Commission recalls the decision of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights in Zongo, in which the Court ruled that: The second area of laxihJ lies in the fact that the authorities concerned never sought to explore other areas of investigation particularly those mentioned by the Independent Commission of Enquiry in May 1999, such as the conflicts between Norbert Zongo and the poachers and graziers in his ranch or the fact of his poisoning shortly before his assassination. In that regard, the Respondent's explanation that failure on the part of the authorities to explore other areas of investigation due to the fact that the findings of the said Commission had excluded the aforesaid avenues of investigation (supra, paragraph 149), is not convincing. 92 162. The Commission is also of the opinion that the Police in the Respondent State took a lax approach, choosing not to pursues the aforementioned areas of investigation at the material time. These were / , }n€nt , ·.iij ~. iries which were central, establishing core aspects of the case befo_,re the e on t State. Such a laxity came at the expense of the victim. /_ ~ ,;! .., '! ~ 4 i. < ~ q, Surgitex Medical ,~ lt01 System, 18 June 2020 "' tr 90 Respondent State Submissions, Annex 18, Sworn Statement of Roseda Modis~,~4;:;Mal~ZO 91 Respondent State Submissions, Annex 28, Prosecutor General's Memo (2020) issued on the 4 th of April 2020 92 Para 153 89 R spondent State Submissions, Annex 25, Notice for Companies Search 39