Police said they
arrested a suspect in connection with the incident on Tuesday, December
2, 2025.
The killing of Timothy
Aswany, 55, was linked to the robbery of 56 bags of maize from a store there.
The suspects in the incident stole the bags after killing the man and setting his body on fire to conceal evidence, police said.
A murder weapon, a club, was found at the scene. The body was moved to the mortuary pending investigations and other procedures, while the suspect was expected in court to face charges.
Elsewhere, police in Kasarani
Sub-County launched investigations into the sudden death of a 31-year-old man
identified as Allan Laboso, whose body was discovered in his rented house in
Zimmerman on Wednesday night.
The incident was first reported by the wife of
the deceased. She told police that she arrived home and found their door locked
from the inside.
After knocking, her husband allegedly appeared briefly, broke a windowpane, and told her to stay away. Believing he was distressed or possibly intoxicated, she stepped aside and alerted a relative to help calm the situation.
When the two later returned to the house, they found the door open. Inside, they discovered Laboso unresponsive in the sitting room.
Police say the body did not show visible signs of physical injuries.
The body was transferred to the mortuary, where
a post-mortem examination will be conducted to determine the cause of death.
In Chemelil, Kisumu County, the decomposed body of a man was found in a house after a suspected murder, police said.
The body was found lying
on a bed in a locked house and identified as that of Moses Odenyi, 59, who was a
former Chemelil Sugar Company field workshop employee.
The cause of the death was not immediately established. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other investigations.
And in Mbita, Homa Bay County, the body of a man was found at Nyagina Beach after a suspected drowning.
The body was identified
as that of Raphael Odoyo who had drowned on November 30, 2025 while swimming in
the area. The body was retrieved on December 2 and taken to the mortuary
pending other procedures.
And a suspect was lynched in an incident in Kileleshwa, Nairobi.
Police said the suspect was in the company of an accomplice who escaped the scene after snatching a mobile phone from a pedestrian. The body was moved to the mortuary after the Tuesday evening drama.
Cases of mob lynching have been on the rise amid efforts to address the trend.
Police term the incidents criminal and want suspects to be surrendered for processing.
