Man kills wife and son in scuffle, attempts suicide in Siaya

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Detectives are investigating the murder of two people whose bodies were found lying in a pool of blood in Bambra village, Ugunja, Siaya County.

The bodies of Nyamanga Otieno, 30 and that of his son aged five were found in a pool of blood in the house on Tuesday after the murder.

Police said the husband had a scuffle with Nyamanga before he used a jembe to hit her in the head fatally.

He later turned on the son and clobbered him to death. He later attempted suicide by swallowing a poisonous chemical.

Police said they found him lying unconscious next to a gradometer can whose content he had swallowed. He was rushed to hospital where he was admitted in serious condition.

The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations, police said.

Meanwhile, a 35-year-old woman was found murdered and her body left in her house in Nairobi’s Mutuini, Waithaka area.

The body of Grace Muthoni was found in her house with bruises on the neck long after the incident had happened.

Police said her husband is missing after the Tuesday August 26 morning incident. The tragedy was discovered by the deceased’s 12-year-old son who had rushed back to the house after forgetting some of the items he was using at his Nembu Primary School.

The boy rushed to his grandmother’s house and informed her that the deceased woman was not responding to his knocks on their door.

The grandmother, according to the police, called the daughter in vain as she was not responding.

She also called her son-in-law to seek help. She later rushed to the house where she found it locked from inside.

She said she sought help forcing the door to open where the body of Muthoni was found lying on bed.

She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Police said they are investigating murder in the incident. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.