This archive report was first published on 2 January 2020.
On January 2, 2020, a tragic incident occurred in Machakos, Kenya, where a sex worker was brutally murdered by a client.
Machakos Divisional Criminal Investigation Officer (DCIO) Rodah Kanyi confirmed the murder, stating that the middle-aged woman met a client who is suspected to have later killed her in cold blood.
According to the DCIO, the woman's throat was slit, and it appears she was first raped then killed.
The deceased was found murdered in a lodging room at a popular night spot in Machakos town.
Eye witnesses and people familiar with the woman reported that she was seen the previous night drinking in the club with a man until about 4am.
"She does this business, you know... and she is always with different men. Yesterday she was here with a man. That's normal for her", an employee of the club said.
Police discovered the murder during their routine cleaning when they saw blood seeping from under the door of the room.
The man who had checked in with the woman was nowhere to be found, and his whereabouts are yet to be known.
Police have cordoned off the area as a crime scene.
