Detectives are investigating the deaths of an elderly couple who sustained deep cuts in a suspected double murder in Nyamira County.
The victims, identified as Hellen Bosibori, 68, and her husband, Jacob Migika, 72, were found with severe injuries in their temporary kitchen at Nyamiranga Village, Enjoro Sub-location, Bosamaro Masaba Location, on Saturday evening.
According to police, the couple was rushed to Oasis Hospital in Mosobeti Market on October 17 at around 6:30pm, where the husband was pronounced dead on arrival.
His wife, who was unconscious and receiving treatment, succumbed to her injuries shortly afterwards. Plans had been underway to refer her to Keroka Hospital for specialised treatment.
The woman had sustained two deep cuts on her chin and another on her mouth, while her husband had deep cuts on his head and left hand. Police suspect a sharp object was used in the attack.
The couple was reportedly discovered by their grandson, who had gone to deliver maize flour to them at around 6pm amid heavy rainfall.
The grandson allegedly found the two lying in a pool of blood inside their temporary kitchen, a structure made of mud walls and an iron-sheet roof.
He raised the alarm, prompting members of the public to rush the victims to hospital, where both later died from their injuries.
Police officers visited the hospital and confirmed the deaths.
Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) personnel processed and photographed the scene as investigations commenced to establish the circumstances surrounding the deaths.
The motive for the attack remains unknown.
The bodies were moved to Nyamira County Referral Hospital mortuary, where they await postmortem examinations as detectives pursue leads in the suspected double murder.
Elsewhere, police in Kisii County are investigating the death of a 60-year-old woman whose decomposing body was discovered in a Napier grass farm in Getembe Village, Kitutu Central Sub-County.
The deceased was identified as Salome Boyani Gitanda after the body was discovered on October 17, 2026.
Police found the decomposing body of a woman lying in a Napier grass farm.
The deceased’s son told police that he had last seen his mother at their home on October 13, 2026, shortly before she informed him that she was going to visit her sister in Entanda Village, Marani Sub-County.
Her death and the circumstances surrounding her disappearance remain unclear.
Crime Scene personnel processed the scene before the body was moved to Bosongo Hospital mortuary, where it awaits a postmortem examination to establish the cause of death.
Police investigations are ongoing to determine what happened to the woman between the time she left home and the discovery of her body.
