Crime sceneDetectives in Kitui county are investigating the killing of a woman and her one-year-old son after they were found dead along a village pathway, while the woman’s husband was discovered nearby with a throat injury.
The incident was reported on Saturday by locals who alerted police that two bodies had been found at Kilimboni village.
Police officers rushed to the scene and found the body of Joyce Kavutha, an adult woman, lying in a pool of blood with a deep cut to her throat.
Nearby was the body of her infant son, aged about one year, who had also suffered a deep cut to the throat.
The woman’s husband, was found lying beside the bodies with a slight cut on his throat.
He was rescued and taken to Zombe Level Hospital for treatment under police guard.
Investigators recovered a blood-stained kitchen knife believed to have been used in the attack.
The scene was processed and documented by crime scene officers before the bodies were moved to Mutitu Mortuary, where they await post-mortem examinations.
Police have launched investigations into the incident, with preliminary findings indicating it may be a case of domestic violence that culminated in the killing of the woman and her child.
Investigators are awaiting the outcome of the inquiry before making any formal recommendations or preferring charges against the suspect, officials said on Monday as he continued to recuperate.
And a 49-year-old murder suspect accused of killing his wife with an axe in Siaya County has died while undergoing treatment after an alleged suicide attempt.
Police said Dan Ochieng Ndenda succumbed to poisoning-related complications on Saturday evening at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital.
The suspect had been accused of fatally attacking his wife, Maureen Atieno Oloo, 40, with an axe at their home in Ogam Village, Usigu Sub-County, on July 30.
According to police, shortly after the killing, Ndenda allegedly attempted to take his own life by ingesting poison and was admitted to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital for treatment.
He was discharged on July 31 and taken into police custody at Bondo Police Station.
However, after complaining of feeling unwell, he was transferred to Bondo Sub-county Hospital for further medical attention in the early hours of Saturday.
Police said his condition continued to deteriorate throughout the day. Due to the ongoing doctors’ strike, hospital staff advised family members to transfer him to an inpatient facility capable of providing continued observation.
He was escorted by police and family members back to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital at about 5.30 p.m., where he was admitted but died at around 7 p.m. from complications linked to the earlier poisoning.
His body was moved to the hospital mortuary pending a post-mortem examination.
The death brings to a close the criminal case against the suspect, while investigations into the fatal attack on his wife remain on police records.
