Detectives are investigating the murder of an 11-year-old girl whose body was found in a thicket in the Kiambere area, Nyamira County.
Police said the discovery was made in Mariba and involved the
girl who had gone missing for a week.
The body was found dumped in a swampy area about a kilometre from her parents’ home after a suspected murder.
The body had decomposed when it was discovered
on Monday evening.
The motive of the murder was not immediately
established, police said.
The girl went missing on August 18 in the same
area, and the matter had been reported to the police.
Police moved the body to the mortuary pending
autopsy and investigations.
Police said on Wednesday that no arrest had been made, but they were making efforts to solve the murder.
In Kanyamkago village, Uriri, Migori County, the body of a woman was found in a
house after a suspected murder.
Police said the body of Moureen Auma, 32, was found in the house with bruises on the neck after her murder.
She is believed to have been
strangled. The motive of the murder was not immediately established.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and
investigation.
Elsewhere, a 45-year-old man was stoned to death in a
love triangle saga in Nyali, Mombasa County.
The man was attacked by another man over a
woman they shared, police said.
Police said Dickson Kazungu succumbed to head
injuries after he was hit by a stone hurled by another man over a woman.
The woman was initially married to the
assailant before they parted ways. On Sunday, the assailant is said to have
trailed Kazungu to Nyali First Avenue, where he hurled stones at him, flooring
him.
The known assailant escaped the scene soon after Kazungu fell
unconscious.
He was rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to the
injuries. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and
investigations.
The woman at the centre of the saga was detained for grilling,
police said, adding they are investigating murder.
Murder cases have been on the rise amid efforts to solve them. Police say most of the cases are pending in courts.
