A Kibabii University student who is suspected to have murdered a 38-year old woman in Molo, Nakuru was arrested on Sunday.
21-year old Mark Njoroge Wanjiru was arraigned in court on Monday January 10, in connection with the murder of Mary Njeri Kamau, who is believed to have been his girlfriend.
According to the police, the student, who had gone to Molo to pay his grandfather a visit, killed the deceased before cutting her body into pieces.
Njoroge, who is in his third year of studies at the college, could however not explain to detectives why a dead body was found in his house.
The deceased, a mother of 8, is said to have gone missing on December 31, 2021, after leaving her house.
Locals in Mtaa saba areas then discovered hands of an unknown person and reported the matter to the police.
Detectives were later informed of a foul smell from a house, about 1.5 km where the hands were found.
“The police officers and sleuths were then informed of a foul smell from a house about 1.5 kilometres from the scene and proceeded to the unlocked house,” part of the police report read.
The police found a female body under a bed wrapped in a blanket with the head inside a bucket in the kitchen.
“The head, hands and legs had been cut off and are missing. The search was conducted in the house and one female human head recovered in a yellow plastic bucket under a table in the kitchen which is believed to be part of the mutilated body,” police said.
The computer science student will remain in custody for 14 days as detectives conclude their investigations.
The case will be mentioned on January 24, 2022.
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