- The incident happened just Kadika village on Thursday, July 25, police said.
- The body of Felvine Akoth Onyango was found in a bush next to their home hours after she had been killed.
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Detectives are hunting for a 25-year-old man who allegedly killed his 19-year-old wife and later called his brother-in-law to inform him of the tragedy in a village in Migori County.
The incident happened just Kadika village on Thursday, July 25, police said.
The body of Felvine Akoth Onyango was found in a bush next to their home hours after she had been killed.
Police said a suspect identified as Osman Ouma, 25 is missing after the incident.
They also said he called his brother-in-law to inform him his sister was dead.
Police said the motive of the incident is yet to be known.
The brother then informed the police who visited the scene and found the lifeless body of the woman lying in a nearby bush facing upward with bruises around the neck.
Police said they suspect the woman was strangled and efforts to trace the suspect are still underway.
The scene was processed and the body was moved to Migori County Referral Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem.
In Kikuyu, Kiambu County, one James Migwi Chungi, 23 was found dead in his house.
The incident happened in Ngurionditu village where the body of the man was found lying on the bed unresponsive.
His relatives told police he had failed to wake up for meals as usual prompting them to check on him when they realized he was dead.
Police visited the scene and moved the body to PCEA Thogoto Funeral Home awaiting postmortem.
Meanwhile, police are investigating the cause of death of a man whose body was found lying on the roadside along Mombasa Road in Nairobi.
The man who was identified as Sizzler Oduor Ojwang had a visible head injury when the body was discovered on Wednesday, July 24 morning.
Pedestrians told police they had stumbled on the body lying on the roadside at about 11.45 am.
It is not clear if the man was killed in the ongoing anti-government protests.
Police said they moved the body to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations.