Crime sceneA 20-year-old university student was killed on Friday while harvesting sand in Nyatike subcounty,
Migori county.
Police said Hoctive Ochieng was a student at the Technical University of Mombasa.
Preliminary investigations established that Ochieng was harvesting sand
alongside two friends when a heap of soil suddenly collapsed, trapping him
underneath.
He sustained a head injury and succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
Crime scene officers processed the area before the body was transferred
to the Migori County Referral Hospital mortuary, where it is awaiting a
postmortem examination.
Such incidents are common in the area and affect sand harvesters for lack
of protective gear.
Meanwhile, Police in West Pokot county have launched a murder investigation following the death of a nine-month-old baby boy in a suspected poisoning incident at Misitin village in Kipkomo subcounty.
According to police, the child’s mother, she left her son under the care of her husband at around 11:30 am on June 12 while she went to fetch water.
Upon returning home, she reportedly found the infant unconscious and
vomiting a white, foul-smelling foamy substance from the mouth.
Suspecting poisoning, family members rushed the child to hospital, but he died before receiving treatment.
Police officers visited the scene and conducted a search of the family’s house. During the search, investigators recovered two 100ml bottles of acaricides identified as Triatix and Actraz from a locked green metallic box inside the room.
The chemicals were seized as exhibits for forensic analysis as detectives sought to establish whether they were linked to the child’s death.
The body was moved to Kapenguria Referral Hospital mortuary, where a
postmortem examination is expected to determine the exact cause of death.
Police have identified the stepfather as the main suspect and investigations are ongoing.
Authorities are awaiting postmortem and laboratory results to help establish the circumstances surrounding the infant’s death.
