Two people have been reported dead in a murder-suicide case in Kiambu County.
According to reports, a 78-year-old bar owner killed his employee then hanged himself at Matunda shopping centre in Kakuzi, Kiambu County on Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
Confirming the incident, area assistant chief Mary Gachau stated the man was found in the store while the 56-year-old lady was found in her room with deep panga cuts.
The two bodies have been moved to General Kago mortuary in Thika by police from Ithanga police station
Gachau added that there was no suicide note left at either scene.
The incident comes amid rising cases of insecurity in the country, with a number of murder suicide cases reported in various parts of the country.
A week ago, a man abducted his three-year-old son in Embakasi’s Tassia estate and killed him before hanging himself.
According to DCI, Derick Okeyo was kidnapped by his biological and former husband to the mother Victor Ayieko.
"A family in Embakasi’s Tassia estate is in mourning after their 3-year-old son Derick Okeyo, was abducted by his biological father and killed in cold blood. In the sad incident that plunged Nancy Adhiambo and her husband Christopher Okeyo into mourning, Adhiambo’s former husband Victor Ayieko, 30, had sneaked into their house in Tassia estate and left with the boy before he killed him and hanged himself.
"Adhiambo and her husband had left in the morning to fend for the family and on returning back, their son was nowhere to be seen. She inquired from her neighbors on his whereabouts and learnt that a man whose description fitted her former husband had been seen leaving with baby Derrick, on a motorbike," the statement read in part.
DCI added, "They immediately rushed to Ayieko’s house in nearby Mukuru kwa Njenga only to break the door and find baby Derick’s lifeless body sprawled on the suspect’s bed, with Ayieko’s body hanging on an electric cable close by.
"A suicide note from Ayieko and Sh500 were found on the table, instructing Adhiambo to buy airtime worth the amount and inform the entire family of his demise.
