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Trouble started when the wife of the KDF officer Phoebe Kaele, also a KDF officer based at Modica Garrison in Garissa, showed up home on Sunday unannounced.

A Kenya Defence Forces officer is in police custody following the death of his wife who is also a KDF officer.

Trouble started when the wife of the KDF officer Phoebe Kaele, KDF officer based at Modica Garrison in Garissa, showed up home on Sunday unannounced.

The Star reports that she found her husband John Gitau with a woman at their house in Mihango, Utawala area, Nairobi.

Gitau is a KDF officer based at Embakasi Garrison in Nairobi. He had rented an apartment out of the military camp.

{KDF Officer in action. Picture not related to the story. Image: Courtesy}

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Trouble started when Phoebe inquired about the woman who had reportedly taken cover but her shoes at the entrance had betrayed her.

A quarrel ensued between the two KDF soldiers leading to the stabbing incident.

A report by the Star indicates that Gitau picked a knife and stabbed Phoebe to death.

The publication also reports that Gitau and her girlfriend tried to clean the house in bid to cover the death incident.

Gitau's call to one of his friends led to their arrest after the friend informed the police who arrived at the scene and found the deceased on the sofa.

A bucket with blood-soaked clothes was discovered in the bathroom. The Killer weapon was also found.

Both Gitau and his girlfriend were arrested as the body was moved to the mortuary.