Police are investigating murder in an incident where the
body of a woman was found wrapped in a sack and dumped in a river in Makunga, Navakholo
area, in Kakamega county.
The body was in a green sack and was floating on river
Sasala when it was spotted by locals in Makunga, police said.
It was decomposed when it was found, police said.
Police suspect the woman was killed elsewhere and the body dumped
at the river.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an
identification and autopsy.
In a different incident, a three-year-old boy died in a fire incident in Nkareta
area, Narok County.
Another
one, aged five, was rescued in the incident.
The
boy died after another boy set a heap of grass in a store on fire.
This
happened as they played at the scene. He was choked and burnt to death.
The remains were moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy following the Monday incident, police said.
In Kuria, Migori County, one Daniel Menganya, 45, was found dead on a footpath.
Police said they were yet to establish the cause of the death.
Elsewhere in Chinga, Nyeri county, a wanted murder suspect was found dead on a
tree after a suspected suicide mission.
The
police said they were looking for the suspect over the murder of his wife on
Monday, December 8, when they stumbled on the body hanging from a tree.
He had escaped to a forested area where he hanged himself,
police said.
A machete suspected to be the murder weapon and a pair of
trousers were recovered at the scene.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
In
Matulo, Bungoma county, a body of a man aged about 30 was found lying on a
veranda after suspected sudden death.
Police
moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
In Elburgon, Molo, Nakuru county, a man was found dead on a sofa seat.
Police said
the man had consumed a second general alcohol that is believed to have caused his
death.
The
body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.
In Kimuchu, Thika, Kiambu county, a man was stoned to death over claims he tried to steal clothes from a boutique.
The man was rushed to a local hospital where he
was pronounced dead.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.
