Detectives probing the death of Olympian Agnes Tirop have recovered a confession letter allegedly authored by the prime suspect in the murder, Emmanuel Ibrahim Rotich.
Keiyo North Sub-County DCIO Andolo Munga stated that the note was left behind by the suspect at their home before he attempted to flee the country.
Though he withheld the contents of the note, he stated that the letter corroborated allegations made by the deceased athlete's family.
“The threshold for murder is overwhelming. The autopsy report and the suspect’s confession note, together with the murder weapons -- a knife and a wooden club (rungu), have given us overwhelming evidence, which points to murder,” Munga said.
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“The athlete had cuts to her head as well as several stabs in the neck. The rungu exerted blunt force trauma, badly damaging her brain, leading to her death," he added.
According to the DCIO the evidence gathered so far indicated that the suspect had the intention to murder the athlete.
He also revealed that CCTV footage will be released on Friday, which is expected to show whether or if there was an accomplice in the murder.
"We expect the CCTV report, which is also very crucial in this matter, to be out by tomorrow (Friday) and this will show us if there was anyone else who aided or participated in the murder of the athlete,” Munga said.
According to the police, Rotich's parents had stated that their son called them while crying, saying that he sought God's forgiveness after killing the athlete.
Agnes' siblings and family had claimed that the deceased was a victim of domestic abuse, something that appears to have been corroborated by the said confession note.
The athlete's sister Evelyn Jepng'etich who lived with her before she went missing on Monday, narrated that the couple had a strained relationship.
“Not once, but on several occasions, my sister was savagely beaten. Even on the day she returned from the Olympic games, that night she did not sleep, but was wailing the entire night because of the beatings. In the morning her face was swollen and bruised,” she said.
“My sister had confided in me that Rotich was abusing her, but she opened up too late. On Monday night, I heard a loud commotion in my sister’s bedroom before she was discovered dead on Wednesday.”
