A 27-year old man is behind bars for allegedly assaulting his wife to death after suspecting that she was engaged in an affair.
According to a report by DCI, the incident took place at their home in Mumias West, Kakamega county.
It is alleged that Edwin Okoth Owino thoroughly beat his 24-year old wife and her 16-year old friend after finding a love message sent to his wife by another man.
“On seeing the message on his wife’s phone at around 10.30pm, Okoth went ahead to call upon the girl (a neighbour) whom he believed was his wife’s best friend, before landing on both ruthlessly with a piece of wood,” the DCI report read.
The 16-year old however managed to escape the man’s wrath and hid in her home but his wife succumbed to the injuries.
According to the police, the suspect went to the police station early in the morning the next day to report the ‘mysterious death’ of his wife.
He had told the officer on duty that he went to bed hoping that his wife would join him later but when he went to check on her he found her body cold.
“The suspect had at 6.45am narrated to police that he left his wife in their sitting room last night, when he went to bed hoping she would join him shortly. That hours later when she didn’t show up at the bedroom, and believing she was having a power nap, he went to wake her up. Reportedly, he had found her unresponsive and cold, prompting the early morning report of his wife’s sudden death,’ the police statement said.
The police on duty however became suspicious of the suspect’s narrative and directed a few officers to accompany him to the scene.
“The Officer Commanding Station, who was busy processing petty offenders for arraignment, however became suspicious, directing a few officers to accompany him to the scene ahead of calling upon DCI detectives to carry on with the investigations,” the report further said.
The lifeless body of the wife was found lying in the sitting room as police established a foul play in her death.
“Shockingly, a thoroughly beaten up body of his wife laid lifeless at the sitting room, where the suspect had stage-managed a suicide, suggesting she had taken poison. As police probed further into the suspect’s inconsistencies, a 16-year-old girl who survived the man’s brutality by a whisker last night emerged from the crowd that had since formed up, shedding light on the ordeal,” DCI said.
The suspect is being held at Musanda police stations as detectives conclude investigations into the matter.
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