Detectives are investigating an incident where a 71-year-old man was found murdered and his body abandoned at a maize plantation in Kamale area, Magarini, Kilifi County.
According to police, the body of Katana Kadenge was found on his farm with severe head injuries suspected to have been inflicted by a sharp object.
He is believed to
have been murdered on September 11, 2025, at night because his body was
discovered the following day.
His family said he had gone to check on his farm about four kilometres from his house when he was attacked.
When he failed to return home, the family decided to go check on him when they stumbled on the body lying in a pool of blood.
Police said he had
died several hours earlier.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.
Police have sent teams to the villages in Kilifi to investigate the murder trend targeting the elderly.
Most of the cases have been linked to land issues.
Elsewhere, a 34-year-old
woman was found dead in her house after a suspected suicide mission in Athi
River, Machakos County.
The motive of the incident, which was reported on Saturday, is yet to be known.
The woman identified as Joyce Wamalwa, 37, was found dead in her house with a sisal rope tied around her neck.
Her nine-year-old daughter stumbled on the body after she had died, police said.
She lived with the girl in the iron sheet-made house, police said.
The body was taken to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
Suicide cases have been on the rise amid efforts to address the trend.
The World Health Organisation says such cases are also attributed to joblessness, death, academic failures or pressures, legal difficulties and financial difficulties.
Other reasons are bullying, previous suicide attempts, history of suicide in a family, alcoholism and substance misuse, depression and bipolar disorder.
The government says efforts are being made to
address the menace.
