This archive report was first published on 25 September 2019.
Kenya: Ex-Treasury Official and Daughter Found Dead in South B ¶
On September 25, 2019, police in Nairobi were left stunned after discovering the lifeless bodies of ex-treasury official Judith Wanjiku, 73, and her 47-year-old daughter Catherine Nyaguthie in their four-bedroom mansion in Golden Gate Estate, South B.
According to multiple interviews with neighbours, security guards, relatives, and detectives, the two were last seen late Saturday night, after they were dropped from a Toyota Landcruiser Prado, whose registration remains unknown.
Police have since written to communications service providers, asking them to provide the phone data of the deceased, so that they can establish who last called to them.
"It is a unique case that has never happened around this area again," Makadara CID boss Henry Kiambati told journalists after recording statements from relatives.
"We are trying to piece the information together so that we can get those who committed the incident."
"It is a unique case that has never happened around this area again," Makadara CID boss Henry Kiambati told journalists after recording statements from relatives. They have since dusted the house for evidence that may lead to the arrest and subsequent prosecution of those involved. What was the motive? Who strangled the mother and daughter? It is a set of questions detectives hope will be answered once ongoing investigations are concluded. According to the 2018 National Annual Crime Report, cases of homicide increased last year by 3 per cent, in a year that saw 88,268 cases of crime reported to police across the country.
