This archive report was first published on 8 December 2019.
On November 16, a gruesome discovery was made at Thingithu Estate in Nanyuki: the bodies of Joyce Syombua and her two children, Shanice Maua and Prince Michael, buried in a shallow grave.
Three weeks earlier, the three had been reported missing after leaving their home in Kayole, Nairobi to visit Major Peter Mugure at the Laikipia Army Airbase.
Major Mugure was Syombua's estranged husband and the father of the two children.
On Saturday, the three caskets bearing the remains of the deceased were buried in one grave beside each other at their home in Kyaithani village, Kitui county, in an emotional burial ceremony.
Emotions ran high as mourners eulogized the mother and her two children, while also calling for justice for the three victims.
Postmortem results have shown that Syombua died as a result of multiple blows to the head while her two children were strangled.
