Probe as woman is found dead in lodging in Nanyuki Town

Detectives are looking for a suspect behind the murder of a woman whose body was found in a lodge in Nanyuki Town.

The team said they are investigating murder in the saga.

The incident happened after a man and woman had walked to the lodging on Sunday and requested for a room, police said.

An attendant at the lodge told police the two also requested to pay after the service.

She allowed them into the room on Sunday at about 10 pm.

Two hours later, she went to demand to be paid, only to find the door to the room locked from outside.

According to police, she called for help and broke into the room where they found the body of the woman lying unresponsive on the bed.

The male counterpart was missing, and he is believed to have strangled the woman before escaping the room.

The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police said.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures.

The autopsy will tell how the woman died.

Elsewhere in Lomut, West Pokot County, a body of a man was found near a waterless dam after a suspected murder.

The body had bruises on the face and the right eye was swollen. There were strangulation signs on the body, police said.

The motive of the murder was not immediately established, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary. And in Kware, Nairobi County, a man identified as Isaac Njeru Matu, 50, was found dead after a suspected murder.

His body was found lying in a pool of blood in his house, police said.

Police said they are investigating a possible murder in the incident.

Meanwhile, a motorcyclist was killed in an attack at Angata Barrkoi, Narok County.

The motive of the killing is yet to be established.

The body of the man had multiple injuries inflicted by arrows.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.

The area has been experiencing crime for days over land disputes, police say.

More than ten people have been killed in the area in a month in a series of incidents reported.

Some of the incidents are still under investigation.