Residents of Gatanga Constituency of Murang’ a county were shocked by the brutal murder of a man by his wife who used crude weapons to hack his husband to death.
The incident happened on Friday night after a domestic quarrel. The killer woman is currently being held in police custody.
According to Gataka locals, the woman allegedly used a hammer, a panga, and an ax to kill her husband and then dumped the tools inside a toilet.
She later drugged the deceased’s body outside their house and set it ablaze on a mattress.
Witnesses reported that the body of the deceased had burns and injuries all over.
Huge flames of fire attracted the attention of the brother of the deceased James Ndirangu who rushed to find out what was happening. upon reaching the homestead he was shocked to find the wife digging a grave to bury her husband. He then raised an alarm to inform neighbors
“I had just woken up when I saw huge flames of fire coming from my brother’s home, I approached and found his wife digging a hole and upon enquiry, she told me she was burning old rugs,” Ndirangu narrated.
“I was not satisfied and pretended to go back to my home, which is a few meters, and when I peeped back I saw her dragging a person who turned out to be my late brother,” he added
Mr. Ndirangu then made a distress call and neighbors stormed the home but it was too late as his brother was already dead.
It is said that the suspect was backed up by her three children to kill their father and burn up his body.
Ms. Naomi Kimani, who was among the first respondents, said the deceased and the suspect have had a troubled marriage and only got back together two years ago after a lengthy separation.
“The suspect had separated and remarried at Ndonyo Sabuk but she returned about two years and bore her husband a child. On Friday, the two accompanied each other to the chief’s office and were registered for Huduma Namba,” Ms. Kimani narrated
She said the hammer, a panga, and an axe were later recovered inside the toilet after the suspect narrated how she committed the heinous act.
Murang’ a County Police Commander Josphat Kinyua confirmed the incident and saying the woman and her children have been arrested and investigations commenced.
“We have arrested the suspect and her three children who are alleged to have murdered their father and commenced. I urge spouses to employ legal mechanisms to solve their marital issues instead of killing each other,” he said.