This archive report was first published on 3 July 2020.
Two Children's Bodies Found in Car at Athi River Police Station ¶
On July 1, 2020, a man went to the Athi River Police Station to collect his vehicle and made a shocking discovery - the decomposing bodies of two children, Alvina Mutheu and Henry Jacktone, inside the car.
According to police, the children were reported missing on June 11, 2020, and had been the subject of a search effort since then.
Alvina, 3, and Henry, 4, were last seen in their neighborhood near the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) in Machakos County, where they were watching a tractor dig trenches.
Their parents, Catherine Munyiva and Cliftone Odhiambo, are still reeling from the news and are suspecting foul play.
"The bodies were fully decomposed. We could only identify the clothes. We fail to understand how the bodies ended in a vehicle parked at the police station," said Mr. Odhiambo.
Police boss Catherine Ringera said that the vehicle, a gray Toyota Belta, had been involved in an accident on March 4, 2020, and had been towed to the station, but she could not term the incident as murder.
However, the families of the two children are suspecting foul play, and the police are now trying to find out how the bodies got to the station.
