Crime scene
The search for a seven-year-old girl who went missing in Nyeri county has ended in tragedy after her body was recovered from a dam two days later.
Police said the seven-year-old girl, was found floating in Guara Dam on Tuesday by a herder, who was grazing livestock.
The child had been reported missing following a suspected drowning incident on July 26, 2026.
Police said the body had no visible external injuries.
The body was retrieved from the dam and taken to the Nanyuki Referral Hospital mortuary, where it is awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the child’s death are ongoing, although police are treating the incident as a drowning pending the outcome of the post-mortem.
And police in Juja, Kiambu county, are investigating the death of a 48-year-old man who was found unresponsive in a makeshift structure behind a local college.
The incident was reported on Tuesday after a resident of Juja informed police that he had received a call about a man who had been found unconscious.
The deceased was identified as James Mwaura.
The police found the body lying on its back inside the makeshift structure. Police noted that there were no visible physical injuries, although foam was observed coming from the deceased’s mouth.
Crime scene investigators documented and processed the scene before the body was moved to Montezuma Funeral Home in Kabati, where it is awaiting a post-mortem examination to establish the cause of death.
Police have launched investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Meanwhile, police in Uriri subcounty, Migori county, have launched investigations after the body of an unidentified man was found dumped in a thicket with a neck injury.
According to police, the incident was reported at Mukuyu police station on Tuesday by a local resident, who alerted authorities after discovering the body in Mukuyu C village, South Kanyamkago location.
Police officers visited the scene and found the body of an unknown African male adult lying in a bush beside a road.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the deceased had a visible deep injury on the left side of the neck, believed to have been inflicted using a sharp object.
Crime scene investigators processed and documented the scene before the body was moved to the Migori County Referral Hospital mortuary, where it is awaiting identification and a post-mortem examination.
Police have launched investigations to establish the identity of the deceased, the circumstances surrounding the killing and those responsible.
Elsewhere, police in Nandi county have launched investigations into the death of a 35-year-old man whose body was found lying outside a residence in Himaki centre.
The deceased, identified as Abraham Chirchir, was found dead on Sunday morning at the entrance of the home a local in Himaki centre, Nandi East subcounty.
Police established that the deceased, who was living with disability and hailed from Cheptilil sublocation, had no visible physical injuries on his body.
Investigators documented and processed the scene before the body was moved to Nandi Hills Sub-County Hospital Mortuary, where it is awaiting a post-mortem examination to determine the cause of death.
Police said investigations are ongoing to establish the circumstances surrounding the death.
