Mystery as missing woman found dead with stab wounds in grocery shop, Athi River

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Detectives based in Athi River are investigating the suspected murder of a house help whose body was found in a shop in the Whistling Moran area.

The woman, identified as Precious Kanari, 25, had reportedly been missing since Friday, March 20, before her body was discovered two days later.

The body is reported to have had stab wounds when it was found covered with sacks and placed on shelves in a grocery shop.

An attendant who had been taking care of the shop was reported missing, with police indicating he is a person of interest.

The owners of the shop told police they had left it under the care of a worker and, upon returning on Sunday, found it in disarray.

It was then that the body was reportedly found hidden on a shelf.

The deceased was said to be a house help of a neighbour at the scene and is believed to have visited the caretaker before the incident occurred.

Police said the body appeared to have stab wounds to the chest and that two blood-stained knives were recovered from the scene. The motive of the suspected murder was not immediately known, according to police.

The body was moved to a mortuary pending an autopsy and further investigations.

In Kangundo, Machakos County, a woman was reported killed following a domestic altercation.

Police said they found the body of Victoria Nditi Musyoka, 33, at a hospital where she reportedly succumbed to injuries following an assault.

The woman is said to have separated from her husband and had gone to visit her children, when a quarrel is reported to have broken out, leading to the incident.

The man reportedly rushed her to the hospital, where she later died. Police allege she had sustained a deep wound to the shoulder from a screwdriver.

The screwdriver was later recovered at the scene, police said, as they moved the body to the mortuary for an autopsy and detained the man pending arraignment.

Elsewhere in Navakholo, Kakamega County, a man identified as John Sifuna, 37, who had been reported missing, was found dead in a stream.

Police said they visited his house and noticed what appeared to be blood stains that had been concealed with soil.

The body had a deep cut on the cheek when it was found and was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.

Police said they were yet to establish the motive of the suspected killing, and no arrest had been made by Monday morning.