Detectives have arrested a man suspected of murdering his 34-year-old wife before burying her body in a shallow grave on their farm in Entarakuet, Isinya, Kajiado County.
The suspect, identified as Shon David Rabassa Kioko, was arrested alongside his farmhand following a shocking report about the alleged murder.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the farmhand, identified as Ndayishimiye Deo, a Burundian national, reported that his employer had killed his wife, Farida Peter Sangka, before instructing him to help bury her body.
Acting on the report, detectives visited the farm and arrested both men as investigations into the suspected murder commenced.
Police later exhumed Farida’s body from the shallow grave in the presence of a pathologist, Ministry of Health officials and detectives.
“The body was subsequently exhumed in the presence of a pathologist, Ministry of Health (MOH) officials and police officers to facilitate forensic examination and establish the circumstances surrounding her death. The remains were subsequently transferred to Nairobi Funeral Home for preservation pending a postmortem examination,” stated DCI.
The deceased’s remains were transferred to Nairobi Funeral Home, where they are being preserved pending a post-mortem examination to establish the exact cause of death.
Kioko and Deo remain in police custody as detectives continue investigating the circumstances surrounding Farida’s death.
