Police in Trans Mara West, Narok County are investigating the death of an unidentified woman whose half-naked body was found in the Mount Love area.
The body was discovered on Thursday, with police reporting that the woman had suffered multiple injuries.
A combined team of visited the scene following a report made at around 6:28pm.
Police said the deceased, believed to be an adult woman, had a deep wound at the back of her head and another injury on her left cheek.
She also had visible marks around her neck and bruises on both knees. Her face was swollen and covered in blood.
The scene was documented and processed by investigators before the body was moved to the Trans Mara West Sub-County Hospital mortuary.
The body is being preserved pending identification and a post-mortem examination to establish the cause and circumstances of her death.
Detectives have launched investigations to identify the woman and establish who was responsible for her death.
Meanwhile, police in Machakos are investigating the death of a 19-year-old woman who fell from the fifth floor of an unfinished building at the Machakos Mall construction site.
The woman, identified only as Hafswah, a Burundian national, died after falling into an empty lift pit on Thursday evening.
Police said the woman had been at the rooftop of the unfinished building with her boyfriend, a casual labourer at the construction site, shortly before the incident.
According to the boyfriend, the woman received a telephone call from an unidentified person and hurriedly left the rooftop before falling into the lift pit.
She sustained fatal injuries in the fall.
Police said they found the woman’s body on the ground floor with visible injuries.
However, investigators raised questions over the man’s account of what happened, noting inconsistencies in his narration of the events.
The scene was processed and several exhibits collected for forensic examination.
The man was subsequently arrested and detained as a suspect as detectives continued investigations to establish the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death.
Her body was moved to Machakos Level Five Hospital mortuary pending a post-mortem examination to determine the exact cause of death.
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