Detectives are investigating an incident in which a 38-year-old woman died while undergoing treatment after she was allegedly stabbed by her husband in Ugunja Sub-County, Siaya County.
The deceased, identified as Beatrice Owino, was rushed to Homegrown Hospital in Ugunja Township after sustaining stab wounds but died while receiving treatment.
Police said the incident was reported on Wednesday, prompting a visit to the scene.
According to police, she had sustained stab wounds on her left wrist and the right side of the abdomen.
Her husband is alleged to have stabbed her before fleeing the scene at about 9:30am.
Police processed the scene and took photographs as part of investigations.
The woman’s body was preserved at Homegrown Mortuary pending a postmortem examination.
Police have launched a search for the suspect, who remained at large as investigations continued on Friday.
Elsewhere, a 30-year-old miraa vendor was found dead in a pool of blood at a building under construction in Limuru, Kiambu County, in what police are treating as a suspected murder.
The deceased was identified as Austin Odhiambo Otieno, who was reportedly a miraa vendor operating around the Bata area.
Police said the body was discovered at about 2:50pm on Wednesday by a woman who was working in her kitchen garden along a fence near the construction site.
A police team visited the scene and found Otieno’s body lying in blood inside the unfinished building.
Police said the deceased had visible injuries to the head.
Crime scene investigators processed and documented the scene before the body was removed and taken to Tigoni Level IV Hospital mortuary, where it was preserved pending an autopsy.
Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death are ongoing, with detectives seeking to establish the motive and identify those responsible.
Meanwhile, a 25-year-old man was found dead inside a rented house in Migosi World Vision Estate, Kisumu Central, after residents noticed a foul smell emanating from the premises.
Police said the deceased, identified as Ernest Ochieng Otieno, a resident of Seme Sub-County, was found lying on his back inside the house.
The incident was reported by a resident of the estate, who told police that the bad smell prompted residents to check the house.
Police officers visited the scene and confirmed the death.
Police said the scene was processed and documented before the body was removed and taken to the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a postmortem examination.
The cause of death remains unknown, with detectives awaiting the postmortem findings to establish the circumstances and immediate cause of his death.
Police have launched investigations into the incident.
