A 17-year-old Form Four student was found dead in a dam in Namasanda village, Bungoma South Sub-County, after she was reported missing the previous night.
According to police, the incident was reported on April 10, 2026, at around 12:00 noon.
The body was first spotted floating in the dam by a local resident.
Police visited the scene and, with the help of members of the public, retrieved the body from the water.
The deceased was identified as a student at St. Peters Musikoma High School.
Family members told police that she had gone missing the previous night under unclear circumstances.
Authorities confirmed that the body had no visible physical injuries.
The scene was processed and the body moved to Bungoma Referral and Teaching Hospital mortuary, where a postmortem examination will be conducted to establish the cause of death.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing.
And the body of a 59-year-old man who had been missing for several days was recovered from a privately owned dam in Kieni West Sub-County, Nyeri County.
The incident was reported on April 10, 2026, at around 2:40 p.m., after members of the public spotted a lifeless body partially floating in the water.
Police officers visited the scene and retrieved the body, which was in a partially decomposed state.
The deceased was identified as James Kariuki Thiong’o.
Preliminary investigations established that the man had been living alone and had been missing since April 6, 2026.
However, no formal missing person report had been filed at any police station.
The body was moved to Mary Immaculate Hospital Mortuary in Mweiga, where it is awaiting a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death.
Police have launched investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
And a middle-aged man was found dead in a rented house at Makutano Shopping Centre in Mwea Sub-County, Embu County, in an incident reported on April 10, 2026.
According to police, the man, identified as David Njine and believed to be about 50 years old, was discovered lying naked and supine on the floor of his single-room house. The door to the house was found ajar at the time.
Police officers who visited the scene noted that the body was covered with rags and had no visible physical injuries.
The immediate cause of death could not be established.
Preliminary information indicates that the deceased had been living alone and had been unwell since 2025, undergoing treatment for an unspecified illness.
Authorities are yet to trace his close relatives, though it is believed he hails from Kirinyaga County, near the Samson Corner area.
The body was moved to Embu Level Five Hospital mortuary, where a postmortem examination is expected to determine the cause of death. Investigations into the incident are ongoing.
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