This archive report was first published on 29 June 2020.
Naivasha Tragedy: Mother Arrested After Killing Four Children ¶
On Saturday, four children were brutally murdered in their bedroom in Naivasha, leaving the community in shock.
According to police investigations, the children, aged between eight and two, were lured into their bedroom where they were killed and their bodies laid on their beds.
Their mother, a 42-year-old woman, has since been arrested and is assisting the police with investigations.
The police identified the bodies of the murdered minors as Melody Warigia (8), Willy Macharia (6), Samantha Njeri (4), and Whitney Nyambura (2).
Warigia and Macharia were students at Milimani primary school.
As neighbours and residents tried to come to terms with the shocking incident near Naivasha High School, tears flowed freely.
According to police reports, the suspect had three children from her first marriage but fell out with her husband who left them behind.
She would marry again in Naivasha where she bore the four children killed on Saturday and had been working with an NGO in educating youth on emerging job opportunities.
Police found a note believed to have been written by the woman to her eldest son from the first marriage, dated June 26.
In the note, the author expressed her trust in her son to take care of his siblings and begged him not to panic for what she was about to confess.
She stated her wish to have a stable job, saying she would not have killed her four children and that her action was aimed at cutting off the generation link.
She warned her son not to enter into any dealings with a man she named as her former boyfriend, terming him as evil.
She also asked her son to enquire from two people named in the letter where to bury the children killed.
Relatives say the suspect, who is expected in court today to face murder charges, could be mentally unstable.
Published on June 29, 2020, at 4:00 PM.
