A one-month-old baby, who had been stolen from his mother three weeks ago has been rescued and the suspect arrested.
Baby Stanley Decimal was stolen from Benta Achieng, at a Salon in Rodi Kopany in Homabay County.
"Shockingly, the suspect identified as Bella Achieng Ogolla, had met Benta in hospital days before she delivered only to steal the baby later," DCI Director George Kinoti said.
Via Social media on Friday, Kinoti said detectives are still trying to figure out how the suspect managed to convince her 42-year-old husband Bernard Akello, that she was pregnant all along and had finally bore him a son.
The baby has so far been re-united to his biological mother.
Kinoti said the rescue was made possible by detectives from the Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau and officers from the Child Protection Unit.
Last year, a couple was arrested for allegedly stealing a baby boy from Ndhiwa Subcounty Hospital in Homa Bay.
Janet Achieng, 25, and her 32-year-old husband were arrested after they were found with the child in their house in Rongo town.
The two-months-old baby is said to have been stolen from his mother Beatrice Achieng’ when she took him for a post-natal clinic.
