Detectives are
investigating an incident where a 32-year-old woman was found dead after her
murder in Sealock area, Narok Town.
Police said the
body of Mercy Cherono Mutai was found lying naked along Nyawira Road long after
her murder on September 22, 2025.
The motive of
the murder was not established.
The body was
found about 50 metres from her rented house, police said as they moved the body
to the mortuary pending autopsy.
The body did
not have any visible injuries when it was discovered, police said.
The woman had been seen earlier on Sunday at a local shopping centre, and the husband said she
did not return home.
The police said they are investigating the murder incident.
Elsewhere in Kapsabet, Nandi county, a body of a woman was found in a paddy furrow at Chorwet Village, police said, adding she had been murdered.
Police and locals identified her as Fanice Indas, 50. She had multiple visible head injuries and a fractured skull.
It was apparent
that the gruesome murder was done in a different area and the body dumped at the
scene at an unknown hour of the night, police said, citing lack of struggle signs
there.
The motive of
the murder was not immediately known. The body was picked up to the mortuary
for autopsy and other procedures.
Police said no
arrests had been made in regard to the murder of the two murder incidents, but
investigators were on the ground pursuing leads into the same.
Cases of murder targeting women have been on the rise amid efforts to solve them.
The
government has created a task force to investigate the cases and give a report on how to solve the trend.
Meanwhile, in Kisumu’s Dago area, the body of a fisherman identified as Stephen
Ochieng, 35, was retrieved from Lake Victoria after he drowned.
Police and locals
said he drowned while on a fishing expedition.
The body was moved
to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
In Gachoka, Embu county, a juvenile at Kangeta Primary School was found dead on his bed.
The nine-year-old
boy who was a special unit pupil died under unclear circumstances.
The police said they moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
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