Neighbours have come out to give accounts following the unfortunate death of Berly Ouma a clinical officer who was apparently murdered in a domestic violence.
According to one of her neighbours, “She was screaming so loudly and painfully asking her husband to stop beating her, it was late at night,We banged the door in an attempt to open it but it was locked from inside. When one of us asked what was happening, the lady who was screaming responded saying they’ll talk”.
Minutes later the screaming stopped suddenly and the neighbours thought the fighting had stopped and they left.
Beryl’s father Mr Douglas Ouma also said that his daughter had texted asking him to call her back but unfortunately he saw the message late.
“I didn’t see the texts immediately, but when I called back, she did not pick. A few minutes later, her husband called to say they had an altercation,” Ouma said.
However Beryl’s husband informed Mr. Ouma that he had just taken Beryl to a nearby hospital for treatment but records indicated that she was brought in dead.
According to Mark Ouma(Brother) said police insisted on taking the body to City Mortuary, but the family blocked them fearing it was a plot to cover up the murder.
“We will transfer the body to a funeral home of our choice and not a mortuary where the many interested parties can easily interfere with the autopsy,” Mark said.
Beryl,and Lyko wedded in 2017. They have been living together since the latter returned from Qatar, where he had been working. She had had two miscarriages, with the last one about two weeks ago.
According to the family, the marriage was not so good seemed the two had many wrangles some which they failed to solve.
“Her husband is a very violent man and even last year in December, we had a family meeting to solve it. Clearly, he never stopped,” Mark said.
Preliminary reports at the hospital where Beryl was taken indicated she died after being hit with a blunt object, but a conclusive postmortem is yet to be carried out.
Her body has been taken to Chiromo Mortuary, where a post-mortem will be conducted today to ascertain the cause of her death.
Ruiru police boss James Ng’etich confirmed the incident, saying the accused regretted having assaulted his wife, and said he did not know it would lead to her death.
Ng’etich said Lyko claimed to have used a belt to beat his wife.
“You fail to understand how beating using a belt can kill a human being, but we are still investigating the issue,” he said.