Detectives and pathologists supervised an exhumation exercise of interior designer Geoffrey Mwathi Ngugi’s body in Njoro in Nakuru County.
This was in preparation for a second autopsy on the body at the gravesite to establish how he died.
Chief government pathologist Johansen Oduor oversaw the second autopsy at a tent that had been erected next to the gravesite as part of the probe into his death.
They planned to rebury the body.
Police had obtained orders to enable the exhumation.
This was after they found gaps in the probe into the death of the 23-year-old man.
The interior designer was found dead on February 22 after falling from the 12th floor of a residential house in the Roysambu area, Nairobi.
Mugithi musician Lawrence Njuguna alias DJ Fatxo’s house is the scene of the crime.
He was named as a person of interest in the case, as they were captured together before the incident.
Homicide detectives handling the case say from their probe, the 23-year-old interior designer was murdered and did not jump to his death as earlier reported.
It was initially reported he died by suicide.
After the team revisited the scene for reconstruction and forensic analysis they found signs of a struggle inside
Initially, it was recorded that Jeff jumped off from the window of the bedroom, but that was ruled out as an adult can’t fit into the tight window frames of the window.
Homicide detectives said the process included interviewing the first cluster of witnesses in the case, forensic examination of the scene, and retrieval of CCTV footage that captured the deceased’s last moments.
Detectives said they are now progressing to the second phase of the investigations where several persons of interest will be interrogated and appropriate recommendations made to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
The sleuths said that the persons of interest to be interrogated in the next phase will include all the five persons who were at DJ Fatxo’s house when the incident happened.
Also to be questioned, according to DCI, are the police officers who handled the case first.
The DCI homicide detectives took over the case from Kasarani Police Station following orders from Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki.
Fatxo, who termed Jeff as his good friend, has since denied involvement in his death and said he will cooperate with investigators.