Decomposed female body found in Matungulu maize farm

Police are investigating murder in an incident where the decomposed body of a woman was found in a maize plantation in Matungulu area, Machakos County.

Workers on a farm said they stumbled on the body covered with grass.

Police who visited the scene said they suspect the woman was killed elsewhere and the body was dumped in the farm on between July 7 and 8.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.

Elsewhere, the naked body of a juvenile girl was found lying about 500 meters from a police station in Ruaraka, Nairobi.

The body had a blouse covering the upper side only, police said.

Police said the girl is believed to be aged between 17 and 18 and that a shoelace was tied around her neck.

The deceased is believed to have been murdered elsewhere and the body dumped at the scene.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and identification.

In Ganze, Kilifi County, a 57-year-old man was found murdered in his house in Mwenge village.

Police said the man was found lying in a pool of blood with deep cuts on the forehead, shoulder and chopped off fingers on both hands.

Witnesses said two men had come into the house demanding to know the whereabouts of their cow. The deceased was later attacked and killed at the scene.

In Malindi, one Karisa Kishindo Gurumo, 75, was found murdered in his house.

Police said the body had multiple injuries at the time it was discovered on July 7.

The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations, police said.

In Yala, Siaya County, a body was found at the local river in Ulumbu village.

The body was identified as that of Veronica Odongo, 46 who had been missing.

The body was about 500 meters away, where her belongings lay.

The body had visible injuries on the forehead.

The motive of the murder was not immediately known.

Police said the body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.

Police have decried rising cases of murder in the country. Up to eight murder cases are reported daily amid efforts to contain the trend.

Some of the cases are pending before courts while others are yet to be solved, police said.