Crime scene
He told police he had argued with the woman in his house before he
strangled her. She died in the house.
Police accompanied the suspect to the said scene of crime and found the
body of Sharon Chepkirui, 25 lying dead on a sofa set.
The police had to break into the house where they found the body of the
woman with a scarf tied around her neck.
The woman had visited the man at his house on December 12 for a weekend
sleepover when the incident happened.
The man surrendered to the police on Tuesday night saying he had killed
the woman. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other
procedures.
The suspect was Wednesday expected in court to face murder charges,
police said.
Elsewhere, detectives are investigating an incident where the body
of a 50-year-old man was found dumped on the roadside after murder in Naivasha,
Nakuru County.
The man had been killed elsewhere and the body dumped at the scene,
police said of the Tuesday incident.
The body had fractures on both limbs.
Police moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other
procedures.
No arrest had been made on Wednesday and police said they were pursuing
possible leads on the same.
Meanwhile, police in the Buruburu area, Nairobi are investigating an incident where a man was found dead in his house.
Bernard Matati had failed to
report to work and could not be reached, which raised concerns among his
colleagues.
They went to check on him when they found him lying on bed unresponsive.
There were no visible injuries on the body when it was discovered on
Tuesday.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other
procedures.
Elsewhere in Bonyunyu, Nyamira County, one Peter Obai was lynched in a
mistaken identity case, police said.
The deceased had a mental issue and had strayed into a home about two
kilometers away from his house when an alarm was raised.
The owners of the home mistook him for a thief and stoned him to death in
the December 16 incident.
They later learned the victim was known to them and carried the body to a
footpath where they dumped it, police said.
The body was discovered hours later and moved to the mortuary. The
suspected assailants had escaped the scene and police said Wednesday they were
pursuing them for grilling and possible murder prosecution.
