This archive report was first published on 8 October 2019.
On October 7, 2019, a 25-year-old man in Bomet County tragically lost his life in a suspected suicide case.
According to a police report, Anderson Kipyegon Koskei consumed herbicides before hanging himself at Kiptemenio village in Mogonjet sub location in Konoin constituency.
‘He hanged himself on a tree using a nylon piece of cloth. The body had no visible external injuries and there was no sign of struggle at the scene,’ states the police report.
Assistant Chief Elijah Rotich confirmed that the deceased was a casual labourer at a local farmer's home, where his body was found dangling on a tree at around 10 pm.
Text messages retrieved from Koskei's phone revealed a passionate exchange with a person whose name was only saved as 'sweetheart.'
