Police are investigating an incident where a 16-year-old boy was found dead inside an abandoned gold mine shaft in the Emureko gold mining area of Butere Sub-County, Kakamega County.
The deceased was discovered Tuesday, before police visited the scene after receiving a report about the body.
Preliminary information indicates that the deceased had descended into the abandoned mining pit to fetch water but failed to emerge.
A man reportedly went to check on the teenager after noticing he had not come out of the pit, only to discover his lifeless body.
The body was retrieved from the abandoned mine shaft and taken to Butere County Hospital mortuary, where it awaits a postmortem examination to establish the cause of death.
Police are expected to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Such deaths have been on the rise at gold mining sites amid calls for action to tame the trend. Dozens of miners area annually killed in such sites, police statistics show.
And police in Ndhiwa Sub-County, Homa Bay County, have recovered the decomposed body of an unidentified adult man from River Riana.
The body was discovered near Orembe Village in Konyango Sub-location on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, after a village elder alerted local authorities.
The male body was reportedly decomposed beyond recognition, making immediate identification difficult.
Police moved the remains to Homa Bay County Hospital mortuary for preservation pending a postmortem examination.
Investigations are expected to establish the man's identity and determine the circumstances surrounding his death.
Meanwhile, police in Homa Bay County launched investigations after a 36-year-old man was found dead with multiple cut wounds in a forest in Rachuonyo East Sub-County.
The deceased, identified as Jacob Odera, was discovered on Tuesday morning, October 27, 2026, with severe injuries to several parts of his body.
A preliminary examination revealed deep cut wounds on the crown of his head, lower lip, left side of the neck, right arm and left foot near the ankle. Police also noted blood clots on his left ear and bruises on his right arm and shoulder.
The scene was located approximately one kilometer from the deceased's home.
Preliminary inquiries indicate that the incident is believed to have occurred during the night of October 26 and 27.
Police were told that Odera had visited his mother's home at around 10pm on Monday, October 26, and informed her that he was looking for an alternative place to sleep following a disagreement with his wife.
He reportedly left his mother's home, but his body was discovered in the nearby forest the following morning.
Investigators photographed and processed the scene before moving the body to a mortuary, where it awaits a postmortem examination.
Police are expected to investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing and establish the motive and those responsible.
And police in Butere, Kakamega County arrested a 42-year-old man following the death of a suspected sugarcane thief who was found lying in a trench inside a plantation.
The deceased, identified as David Misikho Okoyo, 45, was discovered dead on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, in a sugarcane plantation.
The victim was found with injuries on both legs, although the circumstances surrounding the injuries remain under investigation.
Police subsequently searched the suspect's house and recovered a wooden stick described in the report as a suspected murder weapon.
The scene was processed before the body was moved to Butere County Hospital mortuary, where it awaits a postmortem examination to establish the cause of death.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the alleged mob attack and the individual responsibility of those involved.
