KDF soldier found dead in her house in Juja
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Police and the military are investigating the death of a Kenya Defence Forces female soldier whose body was found in her house in Kays, Juja, Kiambu County.
The woman was identified as Elizabeth Wanjiru, 44, attached to the Department of Defence headquarters. Her relatives were concerned she was not responding to her calls, which prompted them to go and check on her.
It was then that they found the door to her house locked from the inside and had to gain entry by breaking it. The body was found lying on a sofa set in a pool of blood.
The body also had visible electrocuted signs on the face. It is not clear how and why she died.
The body moved by military police officers to Defence Forces Memorial Hospital Mashujaa Funeral Home pending an autopsy and other procedures.
Elsewhere in Muhoroni, Kisumu County, a woman stabbed and killed another one in a fight.
The assailant was confronted by a mob and beaten up before she was rescued by police. The police identified the deceased as Sylivia Atieno, 29. She had a stab wound in her neck and was rushed to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
It is not clear what triggered the fight that turned fatal. Police moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
The assailant was taken to a local hospital and admitted there under police guard pending grilling and arraignment for murder.
Such domestic fights have been on the rise and usually turn fatal. Most of the cases are pending under probe, police said.
Meanwhile, what began as a desperate search for a missing child has culminated in a breakthrough, following the arrest of the prime suspect behind the brutal murder of 11-year-old Glorious Kaiza Maore.
The minor was reported missing on March 15, 2026, after failing to return home from Sunday school practice, a disappearance that would later unravel into a chilling tale of cruelty.
Days later, in Manyani area, a horrifying discovery was made when children playing nearby stumbled upon a sack with a human hand protruding from it.
Police officers were alerted, and upon inspection, the lifeless body of the young girl was found inside, bound with a rope in a calculated attempt to conceal the crime.
A postmortem examination conducted at Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital confirmed the worst that Glorious had been defiled before being strangled to death, a heart-wrenching violation of innocence.
Detectives from Kisauni immediately launched investigations, piecing together crucial leads that pointed to Anthony Juma, aka Kipara, as the prime suspect.
However, the suspect had fled, leaving behind an abandoned house where partially burnt clothes and beddings were recovered, evidence of a failed attempt to destroy crucial exhibits.
A manhunt ensued, and on April 12, 2026, the suspect was finally arrested, marking a significant breakthrough in the case. He was subsequently arraigned at the Shanzu Law Courts under a miscellaneous application, where detectives sought custodial orders to allow for completion of investigations.
On April 13, 2026, the court granted a 21-day custodial order, enabling investigators to finalise forensic analysis and strengthen the case ahead of prosecution.
The suspect, who is a Tanzanian national who operates locally as a garbage collector without formal identification, remains in custody as investigations continue.