New details on Mildred Odira’s death emerge

Previously, Mildred is said that she did not alight the taxi which took her to the hospital. According to the footage from the cctv outside Uhai Neema Hospital’s gate, Mildred alighted at the hospital’s gate before the taxi went through the gate and made a U-turn. Mildred is likely to have used another means of transport from the hospital.

Detectives have however not exonerated the driver, Davis Ochieng’, who is still in custody, as they are yet to receive results from the Government Chemist to ascertain whether Ms Odira was raped before she was killed.

National Police Service director of communications and corporate affairs Charles Owino said that other samples from her nails, which would help determine whether she had a fight and with whom, are yet to return results.

He says; ”The suspect will be arraigned tomorrow, but we are relying on the lab results which will help determine if he has a case to answer.” Police are trying to identify the vehicle or motorcycle Ms Odira took from the hospital’s gate to Allsops, along the Thika Superhighway, where her body was found at 4am on January 29.

The DCI, the government pathologist and officers from the Kenya National Highways Authority had earlier this week visited the spot where Ms Odira’s body was found in search of clues pertaining to her death. The body, which had a wound on the forehead, another on the cheek, a cut on her abdomen and fractured legs, was found lying near the intersection of Thika and Outer Ring roads.

Ms Odira was buried at her home in Rusinga, Homa Bay County on Monday, with the family piling pressure on the homicide detectives to expedite investigations.

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