70-year-old woman and 12-year-old granddaughter killed in attack in Lari, Kiambu County
Detectives in Lari Sub-County, Kiambu County, are investigating the suspected murder of a 70-year-old woman and her 12-year-old granddaughter following an attack at their home.
The incident was reported on October 28, 2026 and according to police the case came to light after a neighbour reportedly heard screams and responded to the disturbance.
Upon arrival, the neighbour encountered a woman, who said she had found strangers inside her house when she returned home and had been attacked by the intruders.
The woman managed to overpower her attackers, forcing them to flee.
A subsequent search of the house led to the discovery of her 70-year-old mother, Nancy Muthoni Gathoga, lying dead in her bedroom with a piece of cloth tied around her neck.
Her 12-year-old daughter, Ann Wanjiku, a Grade Four pupil, was found beneath the bed of her deceased grandmother.
The minor was rushed to Ivory Hospital in Githunguri Town, where she was pronounced dead on arrival, police said.
Police recovered two mobile phones, a Tecno and a Neon, at the scene. Investigators suspect the devices may have been left behind by the attackers.
Scenes of Crime personnel processed the scene before the two bodies were transferred to Mokoe Funeral Home, where they are being preserved pending post-mortem examinations.
Police investigations are ongoing to establish the circumstances surrounding the killings and identify those responsible.
The motive of the incident was not known. A team of detectives revisited the scene on Thursday as part of the probe into the murder. Tension remained high in the area as locals demanded answers into the murder.
And a 39-year-old man was found dead in his house in Muhara Village, Gatundu South Sub-County, Kiambu County, after neighbours reportedly detected a foul smell coming from the residence.
The deceased, identified as Moses Nduro Wangui, was discovered on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, after a woman raised the alarm over the smell emanating from his house.
According to police, the woman opened the door and found the house owner dead inside the residence, where he reportedly lived alone.
Police officers and detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Gatundu South visited the scene, where they found Wangui’s lifeless body seated on an armchair and leaning against the bed.
The body was badly decomposed, with maggots already present, indicating that the man had been dead for some time.
Wangui was last seen on October 25, 2026, within Gatundu Township.
Officers processed the scene before transferring the body to Gatundu Level 5 Hospital mortuary for preservation and a post-mortem examination.
The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear, pending further investigations and the post-mortem examination.
Elsewhere, detectives in Isinya, Kajiado County, arrested a man suspected of murdering his 34-year-old wife, Farida Peter Sangka, and attempting to conceal the crime by burying her body in a shallow grave at their farm in Entarakuet.
The discovery followed a report made by Ndayishimiye Deo, a Burundian national employed as a farmhand by the suspect, identified as Shon David Rabassa Kioko
The farmhand reported that his employer had murdered his wife before instructing him to help bury her body in a shallow grave.
Acting on the report, detectives visited the scene, where they arrested the suspect and the farmhand for further investigation.
The scene was secured as detectives initiated the process of recovering the deceased’s body.
The body was subsequently exhumed in the presence of a pathologist, Ministry of Health (MOH) officials and police officers to facilitate forensic examination and establish the circumstances surrounding her death.
The remains were subsequently transferred to Nairobi Funeral Home for preservation pending a postmortem examination.
Meanwhile, Kioko and Deo remain in custody as detectives pursue further investigations to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident.
