Probe on after woman, 65, found murdered outside her house in Salgaa, Nakuru

Detectives are investigating the murder of a 65-year-old whose body was found outside her house in Moysatt village, Salgaa, Nakuru County.

The body of Margaret Wambuo was found lying unresponsive with visible injuries on the head.

A piece of wood believed to be the murder weapon was found at the scene following the Saturday incident, police said.

The motive of the murder was not immediately established. A similar incident had last week happened in the same area and left an elderly couple dead.

Police are investigating the incidents.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and probe.

Elsewhere, detectives are investigating a murder in an incident where a 36-year-old man was found dead in a family borehole in Rachuonyo, Homa Bay county.

Police said initial reports indicated Victor Omondi died by suicide by jumping into the 30-foot-deep borehole.

But after retrieving the body from the borehole, the team established that it had stab wounds in the head.

Other relatives claimed the man had a fight with his wife, which resulted in the injuries and his subsequent suicide.

However, police said there were blood stains on the beddings and floor of the house where the said fight happened.

A panga and a sisal rope were found on the bed, while a pen knife was found on the floor.

The wife told police the husband had sustained injuries in the fight and that he tied her on the bed with the rope before he left the house. His body was found in the borehole hours later.

Police said the woman was detained for grilling into the murder incident.

In Marereni area, Kilifi County, the body of one Moris Kahindi, 28, who was missing since October 18, was found in the area.

Police said the family said he was epileptic and may have collapsed and died in a thicket after he left his home.

The matter is under investigation, police said.

Elsewhere in Kiawara, Nyeri county, the body of a 54-year-old man who was missing was found in a river after a suspected drowning.

Police said John Kimani went missing on November 2, 2025, and a missing person report was made in the area.

It was not until November 7 that the body was found on a seasonal river. It was trapped by vegetation after he was swept by raging water following heavy rains that were experienced in the area, police said.

Police said some of his personal items, including a gumboot and clothes, had been retrieved earlier along the river.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.