A woman was found murdered and her body dumped in a river in Chuka area, Tharaka Nithi County.
The body was naked when it was discovered on Ruguti river on May 5. Police said the woman’s head had a deep cut.
It is suspected the woman was killed elsewhere and the body dumped at the scene.
The motive was not known.
Locals failed to identify the body indicating the woman’s body was ferried from elsewhere and dumped there.
Police moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
In Machakos County’s Ndithini area, the body of 63-year-old Josephat Mutua who was found dead in a farm was retrieved after a standoff between locals and police.
The locals had refused to allow the removal of the body from the scene on claims the team that arrived there for the mission was not professional.
The team left the scene on May 4 and returned the following day when the body was picked up to the mortuary for other procedures.
The body had been burnt and lay on a farm about a kilometer from his official house.
Police said the body had been partially eaten up by dogs and that the man was a village elder and a pastor.
The motive of the murder was not immediately known but police said they were pursuing the matter.
And police in Nyatike, Migori County are investigating an incident where a miner was fatally injured in a mining shaft.
Police said Joshua Jagero, 32 aft the site when a lose stone fell off and hit him in the head fatally.
His body was later moved to the mortuary pending other procedures, police said.
Such deaths at gold mining sites have been on the rise amid calls on owners to ensure safety of the workers at large.
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