{"id":1154,"date":"2024-01-22T18:11:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T18:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2024-01-22T18:11:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T18:11:50","slug":"kenya-police-recover-head-suspected-to-be-of-killed-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/22\/kenya-police-recover-head-suspected-to-be-of-killed-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya police recover head suspected to be of killed student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police in Kenya have recovered a head believed to be that of a 20-year-old student who was murdered and dismembered in the capital<\/a>, Nairobi, earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mutilated remains of Rita Waeni were discovered disposed in trash bags at a short-term rental apartment on 14 January, but her head, along with her phone and other personal items, were missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police are yet to confirm whether the head, which was recovered on Sunday in Kiambaa Dam, nearly 15km (nine miles) away from the murder scene, is Ms Waeni’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was decomposing. It was wrapped in a purple blouse and with it, we also found a stone. We believe that it was there so that it could sink,” Kiambaa police commander Pius Mwanthi was quoted as saying by the Kenyans news website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police also retrieved Ms Waeni’s phone and some of her other missing items from the dam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Waeni’s killing continues to shock Kenyans, particularly because of the brutality with which it was done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is the first time I have come across such an incident. I have never come across such in my forensic life,” Kenya’s chief government pathologist Johansen Oduor said on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Waeni’s family said last week that the killer demanded a ransom of 500,000 Kenyan shillings ($3,100; \u00a32,400) to release her, even after he had killed her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A suspect is in custody over her killing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: BBC<\/sub><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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