This archive report was first published on 12 July 2020.
On July 1, 2020, the bodies of Alvina Mutheu, 3, and Henry Jacktone, 4, were discovered in a car parked at Athi-River Police Station. The DCI homicide investigators have since concluded recording statements from 15 people, including senior police officers, but have yet to find any new leads in the case.
The families of the minors have expressed their dissatisfaction with the police findings, which suggest that the children could have suffocated inside the car. However, the families remain adamant that the DCI should establish how the children left their home and ended up in a car at the police station.
According to sources familiar with the investigations, the investigators have formed the opinion that there is no evidence pointing to murder. The investigators are now a step away from recommending an inquest after failing to gather enough evidence to press criminal charges.
Government pathologist Johansen Odour has ruled out the possibility of a hit and run accident, stating that the children did not suffer any broken bones or visible body injuries. The families are still seeking answers from the DCI, with Clinton Odhiambo, Jacktone's father, saying, "They should tell us how our children ended up in that car and if anyone was involved."
