A 42-year-old man
died while in a lodging in Koyonzo, Matungu, Kakamega county.
The man had booked a
room with a woman known to her when he suddenly died on Sunday morning, police said.
An attendant at the joint
said the woman who had been booked with the deceased man rushed to the reception
at about 2 am, saying the man was unresponsive.
She said the man
collapsed in bed while they were having happy moments and died. It devastated
her as she dashed out for help.
The body did not
have any visible injuries when it was found, police said.
Police were called
and moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
The woman was
detained pending interrogation and the outcome of the autopsy report, police said.
Meanwhile, a
man who slashed to death another man on claims of a love triangle was arrested
after being on the run for three months in Murungurune, Meru county.
The murder
incident happened on June 2, 2025, in the suspect’s house, where Dennis Mawira
was fatally assaulted.
The assailant
claimed he had found him with his wife in his house as they had an affair.
The suspect was
arrested in the town as he minded his business, police said, and added he would
face murder charges.
Such murder
incidents have been on the rise in the area amid efforts to solve them.
And police are investigating two
separate murder incidents reported in Lungalunga, Kwale and in Magarini, Kilifi county.
In Lunga Lunga, a herder was found dead with stab wounds in an open field in Majongwani village.
Police said the motive for stabbing to death Ngowa Tsuma, 60, was not immediately established.
The body had stab wounds in the neck. The body was moved to the mortuary
pending an autopsy.
In Gongoni, Magarini, Kilifi county, one Charo Karisa was hit and killed in an altercation over Sh300.
The deceased had gone to ask for
the money after he sold a mat he had made to the assailant when an altercation broke
out.
The assailant is said to have punched the 80-year-old man, leading to his death.
He escaped the scene as police arrived to move the body to the mortuary pending autopsy and his arrest to be followed by an arraignment.
