This archive report was first published on 20 November 2019.
On November 16, 2019, a gruesome discovery was made at Thingithu Estate in Nanyuki, where the bodies of Joyce Syombua and her two children, Shanice Maua, 10, and Prince Michael, 5, were found buried in a shallow grave.
According to the postmortem results, Joyce Syombua died after suffering severe head injuries from a blunt object, while her children were strangled using a rope.
Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor, however, stated that the identities of the murder victims are presumptive and that DNA analysis will be necessary to confirm their true identities.
This delay in identification has put burial preparations on hold.
Major Peter Mugure, Joyce Syombua's estranged husband and a military officer, is the main suspect in the triple homicide and is currently being held in police custody.
