Detectives are hunting for an assailant behind the murder of an elderly woman in a village in Gatanga, Muranga County.
The body of Anjeline
Kanyi Waweru, 72, was found in her house with stab wounds in the neck, elbow and
right hand.
She was sleeping
alone in the house when the attack happened on June 12, police said, adding the
motive is yet to be known.
The assailant
escaped the scene.
The deceased was rushed to Kirwara Level Four Hospital, where she succumbed to the injuries on arrival.
Police said a blood-stained kitchen knife believed to be the murder weapon was recovered at the
primary scene.
The body with multiple
injuries was removed to the mortuary awaiting postmortem.
In Kegogi, Kisii County, a woman was
found dead after a domestic quarrel in her house.
Her body was found outside
their house on June 12.
Police said the body of Sharon
Kemunto, 25, had bruises on the face, neck and head with blood oozing from the
mouth.
It is alleged that the husband, who was
arrested, had assaulted her using a water pipe.
The pipe was also recovered at the
scene.
The body was moved to the mortuary
pending autopsy and other procedures.
Elsewhere in Iguhu,
Kakamega County, the body of a man was found in River Yala after a suspected
murder.
He was later
identified as Flavian Ichami, 30.
A missing person
report had been made at a local police station on June 10.
The body was
discovered two days later.
Police said they are
investigating the incident, and the body was picked up and taken to the mortuary
pending autopsy.
And police in Ikutha, Kitui County, are investigating an incident where a man aged 63 was found dead in his house.
According to police, Enock Nguni Mukua’s body was found in his bedroom.
The body was moved
to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigation.
In Kisumu, a man
died after falling from the fifth floor of a building under construction.
Police said Alfred
Chacha was among workers at the site when he slid and fell to the rooftop of a
building next to the one he was working on.
The body was moved
to the mortuary pending investigations and autopsy.
