A 59-year-old caretaker was found murdered inside a compound in Gathanji, Githunguri Sub-County, Kiambu County, in what police suspect was a violent killing.
The body of Josphat Njoroge Nganga was discovered on Monday evening by a casual worker who had gone to the home to wash clothes.
A worker arrived at the compound at about 4pm and found the main gate open. She tried contacting Njoroge by phone but received no response.
She then contacted the property owner who had travelled on August 29, leaving Njoroge as the caretaker. He reportedly instructed her to check inside the house.
She found Njoroge’s lifeless body lying on the floor, with his nose and mouth covered with a piece of cloth. His hands and legs had been tied with a nylon rope.
A neighbour told police that Njoroge had last been seen alive at Gathanji Shopping Centre at about 4pm on Sunday, August 30.
The property owner told investigators that nothing appeared to have been stolen from the house. However, the deceased’s mobile phone could not be traced.
Police officers from Githunguri Police Station visited the scene, which was processed by the Kiambu Crime Scene Support team.
The body was moved to Mukoe Funeral Home, where it is being preserved pending a postmortem examination to establish the cause of death.
Police have launched investigations into the circumstances surrounding the murder.
And police in Thika West, Kiambu County, recovered the badly decomposed body of an unidentified man from a thicket near Kivulini Estate.
The body was discovered on Monday evening at about 6:30pm when a salesperson from Equity Bank’s Kenol branch was supervising bush-clearing activities on a parcel of land owned by the bank, adjacent to Kivulini Estate.
The workers stumbled upon the remains and alerted the authorities.
Police officers visited the scene, about two kilometres east of the station, where they found the body of an unknown adult male lying in a prone position in the thicket.
Police said the circumstances at the scene suggested that the man may have been homeless and had been sleeping at the location.
Crime Scene Investigation officers processed the scene before the remains were removed to Thika General Kago Mortuary, where they will be preserved pending a postmortem examination and efforts to establish the man’s identity.
Police have launched investigations into the circumstances surrounding the man’s death.
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