This archive report was first published on 19 November 2019.
On November 19, 2019, Faith Wangui, a 25-year-old mother of two, was found dead in Menengai Forest, Nakuru, with her left hand and breast chopped off, and her face doused in what is suspected to be acid.
According to Nakuru County Commander Stephen Matu, Faith's estranged husband, Joseph Muchiri, had committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in Mau Narok.
Confirming the incident, Commander Matu stated that a suicide note was found in Muchiri's trouser pocket, in which he allegedly cited the reason for taking his own life as being accused of killing Faith.
He further stated that he was afraid of being apprehended and tortured by authorities over the murder of his estranged wife.
Faith was last reported to have gone to visit her estranged lover in an attempt to mend fences on Sunday last week.
She was to travel back on Sunday but made last-minute changes, and on that day, Faith sent her childhood friend a message indicating that she had gone to meet Muchiri at an entertainment joint in Nakuru Town.
That was the last time she was seen alive before her body was discovered six days later at the forest.
Her body is presently being preserved at the Nakuru Municipal mortuary where post-mortem indicated that she was strangled to death.
Reporting by Maryanne Nyambura and Robert Maina.
