Crime sceneA police officer who had been reported missing was found dead in Bonje Shopping Centre in Kilifi County, police confirmed.
The deceased was identified as Police Constable Jillo Maalim Lucas, who was attached to Mikindani Police Station in Mombasa County.
According to police, officers at Mazeras Police Station reported on Monday that the body of an unidentified man had been recovered from Bonje and taken to the Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital Mortuary.
His colleagues proceeded to the mortuary, where the body was positively identified as that of PC Jillo by his colleagues and his brother.
Investigators later visited the scene at Bonje Shopping Centre.
Preliminary investigations established that the officer’s body was found wedged between two isolated shipping containers on the outskirts of the shopping centre.
Police have not disclosed the circumstances leading to the officer’s death or whether foul play is suspected.
The body remains at the Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital Mortuary pending a post-mortem examination as investigations continue.
Police said the officer’s family has been informed of the death.
Investigators observed bruises on the deceased’s shoulder, the back of the head and the fingers of his right hand.
Police suspect the man may have been killed elsewhere before his body was dumped at the scene.
A team revisited the scene on Tuesday as part of the probe into what police believe to be murder.
And an 18-year-old man was found dead in an irrigation canal within a rice plantation in Muhoroni Sub-County, Kisumu County, in a suspected drowning incident.
The body of Kevin Odhiambo Oketch was discovered by members of the public on Sunday morning at Kanunga Village, Kore Sublocation, Ombeyi Location, while they were carrying out routine farming activities.
Police officers visited the scene and retrieved the body from the irrigation scheme.
An examination at the scene found no visible physical injuries on the deceased.
Preliminary investigations indicated that Kevin had a long-standing mental disorder.
His father told investigators that his son would frequently leave home unnoticed because of his condition.
Police suspect the teenager accidentally fell into the irrigation canal and drowned.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending a post-mortem examination as investigations into the incident continue.
