This archive report was first published on 23 September 2019.
On September 21, 2019, Gabrielle van Straten, sister of the late Tob Cohen, left Kenya for the Netherlands, just a day after the opening of her brother's will.
According to her lawyer, Cliff Ombeta, Gabrielle and her husband returned to their home country due to personal reasons.
This decision means Gabrielle will not attend her brother's burial, scheduled to take place at a Jewish cemetery in Nairobi on September 23, 2019.
Tob Cohen, a 71-year-old Dutch businessman, was found dead on September 13, 2019, in an underground water tank at his palatial home in Nairobi's Kitisuru estate.
His decomposing body was retrieved eight weeks after he went missing on July 19, 2019.
His widow, Sarah Wairimu Kamotho, who is the prime suspect in his murder, had filed an urgent application seeking to attend the tycoon's funeral, with the court expected to make a ruling on the matter.
