This archive report was first published on 17 November 2019.
On November 10, 2019, Faith Wangui, a 25-year-old mother of two, went missing from her home in Kiamaina, Bahati Sub-County. Her body was later found dumped in Menengai forest, Nakuru, a week later.
Bahati police commander Jacinta Wangechi said the mutilated body was discovered by herders who were grazing their livestock at the crater on Saturday evening, November 16, 2019. Preliminary investigations revealed that the deceased might have been burnt with acid, as her body was totally mutilated, Ms Wangechi said.
Wangui's family attributes the murder to a love triangle between her and her estranged lover, with whom they separated ten months ago. Her brother Joseph Mwangi said Wangui informed her siblings that she was meeting a friend in Nakuru town on Sunday evening, but she did not reveal who the friend was.
On Tuesday, they visited her lover after receiving information that they had been spotted together in a food joint within Nakuru town, on Sunday before she went missing. Mwangi alleged that the lover admitted having spent time together with her but maintained he took her back to her home at around 9pm.
The family reported Wangui's missing at Bahati Police Station Occurrence Book number 08/13/11/2019. According to Mwangi, the two lovers have had an on and off relationship for the past seven years.
