Probe on after decomposed body of missing woman found in Magumu, Nyandarua

Detectives are investigating the murder of a woman whose decomposed body was found in a house in Magumu area, Nyandarua County.

Police said Elizabeth Nyambura, 30, who had gone missing on Sunday, August 17, was found dead in her house two days later.

The police visited the scene, broke into the said room, and found the lifeless body lying on the bed where she had visited her boyfriend in the Sasini area.

Her unusual behaviour of not calling her siblings prompted them to look for her.

It was then that they were able to reach the rental room of her boyfriend, and upon peeping, they saw a person lying unresponsive in the bed.

The siblings alerted police, who arrived at the scene and processed it as part of the probe into the murder.

The scene inside the room appeared not to be in its usual arrangement, as one of the sofa sets was upside down and some other items disturbed, even though the body had no physical injuries, police said.

The alleged boyfriend was inaccessible at the time of visiting the scene, and neither was the landlord present, the police added, saying they were looking for them for formal statement taking.

The body was removed to the Engineer Subcounty hospital mortuary pending autopsy.

Police said the hunt for the suspected assailant is ongoing. The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police said.

Elsewhere, a man was attacked and killed by an assailant who raided a miraa yard in Maua, Igembe, Meru County.

Police said Mauta Kanampio Njao was assaulted while guarding the yard in the Thaico area and sustained serious head injuries.

The incident happened on Tuesday morning, police said.

The man was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations, police said.

Police said the assailant is known and efforts to trace him for grilling are ongoing. They want to establish the motive of the murder.