A postmortem examination conducted on Toto Touch Kenya CEO Susan Njoki has revealed that she was killed through manual strangulation.
Addressing the media on Tuesday, July 22, at the Montezuma Monalisa Funeral Home in Nairobi, government pathologist Dr J. N. Ndung’u said there were compressions on Njoki’s neck, indicating she was strangled to death.
Ndung’u also pointed out that there were signs of oxygen deficiency in the blood of the Toto Touch CEO.
"There are features of compression to the neck, and those features are in keeping with manual strangulation.
“There are also features of lack of oxygen in the blood as a result of neck compression," said the government pathologist.
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The autopsy on Njoki was conducted by a team of 6 pathologists, all of whom agreed on the findings.
The pathologists also confirmed that Njoki died at least four hours after her last meal as they found food in her stomach.
“She died shortly after her last meal; we found food in her stomach. Death likely occurred around four hours after,” Ndung’u added.
Njoki passed away on July 15 after she was forcibly taken from her home by admitted to Chiromo Hospital.
The late Toto Touch CEO was reportedly injected and taken to the facility against her will by a group of four people.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have launched investigations into Njoki’s death, with her husband, Alloise Ngure, being considered a person of interest.
The suspect was arrested by DCI detectives and later released on cash bail on Friday last week.
