This archive report was first published on 16 November 2019.
On October 25, Joyce Syombua, 31, and her two children, Shanice, 10, and Prince Michael, 5, left Nairobi's Kayole Estate to visit her estranged husband, Maj Peter Mugure, at Nanyuki's Laikipia Airbase.
According to police reports, the bodies were found after Syombua's estranged husband directed detectives to the site on November 15, 2019.
On the day of their disappearance, Syombua texted her friend, Syombua Kateng'u, that she did not find Peter and the children when she came out of the bathroom, and later told Kateng'u that Mugure was back, but without the children.
At 7pm, Kateng'u called Syombua, who told her the children were yet to return and that Mugure had stepped out. She called her again after some time, but her phone was off.
On November 16, 2019, Syombua's mother, Maua Malombe, reported a case of missing relatives at Soweto Police Station.
On November 15, 2019, Maj Peter Mugure, who is based at Nanyuki's Laikipia Airbase, was arrested after spending the entire day at Nanyuki Police Station recording statements over the disappearance of his family members.
He is still in detention and will be arraigned on November 18, 2019.
