Elderly couple found murdered at Taita Taveta home

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Detectives are investigating the murder of an elderly couple in their house in Chumvini, Taita Taveta County.

The bodies of Tito Musyoka, 82 and his wife Angela Thambi, 73 were found lying on their beds on August 28, 2025 long after their attack.

The motive of the murder was not immediately established.

The body of Musyoka had deep cut on his throat and lay in a pool of blood while that of the wife also lay with a cut in the neck.

The woman had died in the house while the man was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.

Police said they visited the scene and established the assailants had ransacked the house. The couple was alone at the time of the murder, police said. It is not clear what was stolen from the house after the murder.

The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and further investigations. No arrest had been made by Friday and the motive was not yet established.

The incident left the village in shock as police moved there to solve the murder.

In Nyahururu, Laikipia County, the body of one George Waititu, 40 was found lying in a ditch in Manguo Swamp after a suspected murder.

Police said the body had multiple injuries in the head inflicted by a blunt object. The motive of the murder was not established on Thursday when the body was found, police said as they moved it to the mortuary pending an investigation.

Elsewhere in Tarassa area, Tana River County, a man was found murdered in Katsangani village.

The body of Harrison Masha Kalume, 40 was found lying in his house with multiple deep cuts in the head, neck and both hands.

The motive of the murder was not immediately established, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary.

Murder cases have been on the rise in the area and they have been linked to land disputes.

Police are investigating to solve the cases so far.