This archive report was first published on 28 June 2020.
On June 28, 2020, police in Naivasha made a shocking arrest in connection with the death of four children.
A 42-year-old woman, who is also a mother of six, was taken into custody after her friend alerted the authorities about the murders.
According to the Naivasha Sub County Police Commander, Samuel Waweru, the suspect initially told her friend that her children were admitted to the Naivasha Sub-County Hospital with chest pains.
However, a few hours later, she confessed to strangling the children, who were three girls and a boy.
The children were found strangled inside the family's living room at their residential house, located less than two kilometers from Naivasha town.
"The accused first told her friend that her children were admitted to the Naivasha Sub-County Hospital with chest pains before confessing a few hours later that she had strangled them," said Commander Waweru.
He added that the suspect was traced to her Kayole hideout, where she had rented a room, and was escorted to Naivasha Police Station around 6:15 pm on Saturday.
When she arrived at the station, she appeared "relaxed" despite being linked to the bizarre killings.
Investigations are ongoing to establish the motive behind the killings, with an investigator stating that the children were first poisoned before being strangled.
