Man found dead with cloth stashed in mouth in Muthurwa

A 71-year-old man was found dead in his house after a brutal murder in Muthurwa, Nairobi.

He was identified as Habert Ambani.

His body had injuries in the neck, head and face an indication of torture that led to his death, police said.

His hands had been tied with a rope and his neck was also strangled, police added.

It is suspected he was killed in the house before the body was discovered on Thursday December 11, 2025.

His son told police he had been trying to call him in vain.

He went to check on him and found the door closed from outside and forced it open when he found the body lying on the floor.

The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary pending other procedures.

Police said indications were that the killers were out to eliminate the old man.

Elsewhere in Njabini, Nyandarua County, police are investigating an incident where a 17-year-old boy was found dead after suspected suicide.

The body of the boy was discovered Thursday lying in a thicket on the riverbanks of Chania River. He had gone missing since December 8 and it was until December 11, 2025 when the body was discovered.

It was established that the deceased had a sisal rope around his neck. Police said they combed the area and found a tree branch with a tied piece of sisal rope on top of the cliff which is believed the boy had used to hang himself.

The motive of the incident was not known and the body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.

Police said they are yet to know if the boy died out of suicide or was killed and the suicide theory staged. The team was talking to the parents of the boy as part of the investigations into the death.