The body of a two-year-old boy who had been missing for three days was found drowned in a river in Kambiri, Shinyalu, Kakamega County.
Police said the body was found on the Nandamanyo River in Makuche
village on Sunday, long after he had gone missing.
The boy was reported missing on September 3, 2025, before the
body was discovered on September 6.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and
investigation into the possible cause of the drowning.
Meanwhile, police in Kibiko, Kajiado County, are
investigating a murder after the body of a four-year-old boy who had been missing
was found in a pool of stagnant water.
The body went missing on September 5, 2025, in
the area while in the company of his father, who was arrested for questioning.
According to police, the body was found floating in the water on September 6, two days after the boy was reported missing.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
The police said they are investigating the
incident with a focus on murder.
Elsewhere in Chuka, Tharaka Nithi County, the
body of a woman was found on the roadside after a suspected murder.
The body was later identified as that of Mary Wambui and had injuries on the head and leg.
The cause and motive of the murder
were not immediately established, police said as they moved the body to the
mortuary for autopsy.
And in Chepseon, Kericho County, a woman was found murdered
after an altercation with her boyfriend, police said.
The body of the woman was found in a house where she had been staying
with the said assailant moments after her murder.
The assailant escaped the scene after the murder, police said
adding the body had stab wounds in the neck and lay in a pool of blood.
Police moved the body to the mortuary pending an identification and autopsy.
The murder weapon, which was a knife, was found at the scene by police.
The suspect later surrendered at the Litein police station, confessing he had stabbed the woman, killing her.
He claimed he stabbed her in an altercation after he found her
with another man in his rented house.
The man, who is a boda boda rider, was detained pending arraignment.
Police say murder cases linked to love triangles have been on the
rise amid efforts to solve them.
