Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) based in Kilimani, Nairobi are investigating an incident where a 15-year-old girl is said to have been beaten to death by her father, mother and brother.
The DCI revealed that the girl was allegedly beaten for running away from home.
She was rushed to Coptic Hospital, along Ngong Road, Nairobi after which a clinical officer, Norine Mwende, informed detectives that on May 20 at around 9 pm, the 15-year-old student at Kiteta Girls Secondary in Mbooni, Makueni County, had checked into the hospital.
She was accompanied by her father, Frankline Ntwiga Marangu for medical check up, since she had allegedly ran away from home and failed to report to school.
"She was examined and discharged, where the father took her back home at Jamhuri showground quarters.
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"However, in the wee hours of yesterday, the deceased was rushed to the same hospital after she allegedly collapsed at home following a serious beating from her father, mother (Ms Benedetta Mbeni Muthoka-an administration assistant working at ASK showground) and the girl's elder brother (Ntwiga Ian Marangu) who is a student at Technical University of Kenya.
"Sadly, she was pronounced dead on arrival," the DCI tweeted.
According to the DCI, the clinical officer said that her body had bruises all over, a sign that she had been grievously assaulted.
Detectives from DCI Kilimani who visited the scene recovered one PPR pipe believed to have been used to beat up the deceased and is being held as exhibit.
The three suspects have being placed in custody at Kilimani police station.
The body is awaiting postmortem at Coptic hospital morgue.
