More and more fellow scholars are discreetly suggesting that she may have been murdered, for having sought to investigate certain matters related to the obscure links between Angola's criminal regime and Guinea-Bissau. 
Wanazuoni wenzake wanahofia kuwa huenda ameuawa, baada ya kuwa alionyesha nia ya kufanya uchunguzi wa masuala ya namna utawala dhalimu wa Angola unavyohusiana na nchini ya Guinea Bissau.