Police are investigating an incident where a
25-year-old man died after sustaining serious injuries in a fall from the
second floor of an apartment in Mtwapa, Kilifi county.
The deceased, identified as Hillary Misati, reportedly fell from the second floor of an apartment in Mtwapa Township on September 8, 2026, at about 5 am.
Misati sustained multiple injuries to his legs and head following the incident.
He was rushed to Mtwapa Sub-County Hospital, where he received treatment before being referred to Kilifi County Referral Hospital for specialised care.
The incident was reported to Mtwapa Police Station by a woman who identified herself as the deceased’s girlfriend.
She reportedly visited Misati at the referral facility and was informed that he had succumbed to his injuries at an unknown time a day later.
Police visited the scene. The scene was documented and secured pending further processing by the Scenes of Crime team.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fall and the subsequent death.
Elsewhere, the decomposing body of a 75-year-old woman who had been reported missing by her family was found near Poromoko Comprehensive School in Lamu West, Lamu county.
The body of Elizabeth Mandu Mutua Kamba was discovered on Friday, September 11, 2026, at about 7 am in the Poromoko area within Mkunumbi Ward.
The discovery was reported to Pangani Police Station at about 1 pm by a resident of Poromoko Village and the deceased’s son.
Police officers from Pangani Police Station and DCI Lamu West visited the scene, where they found the woman’s decomposing body.
Photographs were taken as part of the evidence-gathering process.
Preliminary inquiries established that the deceased had been living with her son.
She reportedly went missing on September 6, but the disappearance had not been reported to police.
The body was retrieved and moved to Malindi Sub-County Hospital Mortuary, where it is being preserved pending an autopsy.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and death.
Elsewhere, police in Soy, Uasin Gishu county, have launched investigations after a 46-year-old man was found dead in his house in Kiplombe Sub-location, Kibulgeny Location.
The deceased, identified as Geoffrey Kipkemboi Kimaiyo, was discovered on September 11, 2026.
Police who visited the scene found Kimaiyo lying naked on his bed.
Police observed foam oozing from his mouth and noted the presence of suspected drugs on a table in the bedroom.
An unlabeled bottle containing an unidentified
liquid was also reportedly found at the scene.
The deceased, who lived alone, was discovered
after the farm worker found the main door unlocked.
The scene was processed by the County Scenes of Crime team, and the body was moved to Eldoret Hospital Mortuary pending a postmortem examination.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death, including the nature of the substances recovered from the house.
