A police officer who killed his wife and escaped surrendered to the authorities in Naivasha on Tuesday, March 3 evening, police said.
Murder cases have been on the rise amid efforts to solve them. Most of them are linked to love triangles and land disputes.
The suspect was identified as Daniel Macharia, a senior officer attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) headquarters along Kiambu Road.
He is said to have stabbed his wife Florence Nyagah four times at their home along Lumumba Drive in Roysambu, Nairobi.
He escaped the scene for four days before he surrendered to the authorities in Naivasha and was arrested.
He was later transferred to Kasarani Police Station, Nairobi for processing and possible arraignment.
Police said the body of the woman was discovered in her room on the second floor of their apartment long after her murder.
The discovery was made on the morning of March 1, 2026 morning at the apartment along Lumumba Drive, police said.
Police who visited the scene said the body had three stab wounds in the chest and forehead and lay in a pool of blood on the floor.
She was a saloonist in the area.
The murder weapon, a knife, was found under a table in the kitchen without a handle.
The police said the woman had been in the house with the partner, who is a police officer, on February 28 when she talked on a video call with her daughter.
It was until March 1 when the body was discovered by the daughter who had visited the house.
This was after the deceased failed to respond to her subsequent calls.
Police were called to the scene and moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
The motive of the murder was not immediately established.
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