Father, two children found dead inside house in suspected suicide in Subukia

Crime scene

Police are investigating an incident where a man was found dead alongside his young children in a village in Subukia, Nakuru County.

Detectives said the man had earlier gone to the home of his estranged wife and picked up the deceased sons, aged four and two.

The deceased man, identified as Dominic Ateka had been living in Mombasa while his wife and children stayed in Mihango Kware area, Subukia.

He travelled from Mombasa to the area and visited his wife’s home before picking up his two sons.

The couple had domestic differences that forced the woman to move out of their home.

On Wednesday, May 28, Ateka picked the children and went back with them to his home.

That is the last time they were seen alive.

Come Thursday, the man’s mother went to check on them only to find the house locked from inside.

She tried to knock on the door, but there was no response.

This forced her to seek help from neighbours who arrived and broke in and found the bodies.

They found the bodies of the three hanging from the rafters of the roof and tied with ropes. The police arrived at the scene and moved the bodies to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.

The motive of the incident is yet to be known.

Elsewhere in Ramasha, Kisii County, police are investigating murder in a case where the body of one Eucabeth Kwamboka, 53, was found in her house.

The body was taken to the mortuary, prompting the probe.

The husband had claimed she died by suicide. An autopsy, however,  showed she was killed.

The man was detained pending investigations, police said.

In the same area in Kerina, Kisii County, the body of one Andrew Ondieki Onsanse, 65, was found in his house after a suspected murder.

The man stayed alone in his house and was last seen on May 25, locals told police.

Police said the body had deep cuts on the head and private parts.

His trousers were down and there were bloodstains on the walls and plastic chairs in the house.

The motive of the murder was not immediately established.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and probe into the murder.

Police said they are investigating the incidents.