A police officer was found dead in his house in Kiminini, Trans Nzoia County after he had inhaled carbon monoxide.
Constable Nucholas Nzia was missing from his place of work and he was not responding to his calls.
He was attached to the Kiungani police station.
This prompted his colleagues to go to his house to check on him on Tuesday October 7, 2025.
It was then that they found the door locked from inside.
The colleagues broke into the house where they found his body lying in the seat.
A jiko with charcoal that had burnt was found next to the body.
It is suspected he died by suicide or was trying to warm himself using the jiko when he died through carbon monoxide.
Police said the body was picked up to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
The officer lived alone in a rental house.
Police said they are investigating the death.
Carbon monoxide is regarded as a silent killer.
A burning jiko emits carbon monoxide, which is deadly. Carbon monoxide poisoning is more likely to occur when people are asleep.
The team wants to establish if the woman died from carbon monoxide poisoning or it was set there..
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