Police in Nakuru are searching for a man who is believed to have killed his wife and his 2-year-old son.
The bizarre killing happened in the Mastoo area of Kiambogo farm, Gilgil Sub-County on Tuesday night.
Nakuru County Police Commander, Peter Mwanzo said the man was angry with his wife over the planned sale of family property.
"The man wanted to sell a family property but the wife opposed leading to a disagreement that resulted in the killing," he said.
Addressing the media today, Mwanzo said the man smashed his 30-year-old wife's head with a heavy object as she slept and stabbed his son to death.
"They had locked the elder children in a separate room during the ordeal after which he fled to an unknown destination," he said.
Mwanzo said it was unfortunate that the couple were resulting to violence instead of solving domestic issues through dialogue.
"Police visited the scene of murder this morning, they processed it and removed the bodies to the mortuary awaiting postmortem," he said.
Area MP, Martha Wangari described the incident as scary and horrendous.
She said the two-year-old died of things he could not even understand while his sibling was orphaned by the acts of their own father.
Wangari advised couples to walk away from abusive relationships instead of dying in them.
"From what I have gathered from neighbours, the man has been abusive and his wife and children have been living in fear," she said.
Neighbours said the couple has been in constant fights over the years.
