A man stabbed and killed his wife before he died by suicide
in the Kabati area, Kitui County.
The incident happened in Kauwi village on Thursday, police
said.
The body of Winfred Mutua, 28, was found lying in a pool of
blood outside a house with multiple stab wounds in the stomach, right eye, left
buttock and hands.
She had been tortured as she was being killed, police said.
The woman was a waitress at a hotel in the township.
She is said to have separated from the assailant, who was her
husband, identified as Kimanzi Munyao.
The man was seen entering the hotel where the woman worked
late at dawn on Thursday, August 28, 2025, before the bodies were found.
She was later found murdered.
The man later hanged himself using a rope on a tree about
400 meters from where the body of the woman lay, witnesses said.
Police said the couple had two children.
The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and
further investigations.
Police said they had not established the motive for the
murder and suicide.
Murder and suicide cases are on the rise amid efforts to
contain the trend, police say.
In Wanguru, Kirinyaga County, one Gregory Kinyua, 53, was
found dead after a suicide incident.
He had hanged himself in his house using a sisal rope that
was found tied around his neck, police said as they moved the body to the
mortuary pending other procedures.
Suicide menace is growing in villages amid calls to address
it.
Elsewhere in Thika, Kiambu County, the body of a man was
found lying in a thicket in the Whiteline area.
Police said the body had multiple injuries in the chest,
head, legs and back.
It is suspected that the man was killed elsewhere before the body
was ferried and dumped at the scene.
The man did not have identification documents then.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and
investigations.
The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police said.
