Detectives are looking for a suspect who is linked to the brutal murder of a minor in Maguti village, Kendubay, Homabay County.
A man aged 24 is suspected of having killed the boy in their house on Saturday night before wrapping his body in a blanket and escaping the scene, police said.
The mother of the child told police she had arrived home late on Saturday and noticed blood stains in her house.
The couple with their three children lived in a rented house in the area, police said.
She told police she later realized one of her children was dead and the body was wrapped in a blanket.
The father of the boy was missing from the house.
It was alleged the man assaulted the boy by hitting his face on the floor of the house before he died.
He then wrapped the body in the blanket as he locked the other two siblings in a different room.
Police said the hunt for the suspect is ongoing. The detectives said they are yet to establish the motive behind the tragedy.
The body was moved to a local mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures.
Elsewhere, a 26-year-old man died after he was attacked using a poisoned arrow in an altercation in Chebabai village, Narok County.
Police said the incident happened on Saturday night during a meeting to celebrate the traditional circumcision ceremony.
A disagreement broke out between the deceased Alex Sanare and the assailant over food.
The assailant rushed to his nearby home and came back armed with a bow and arrow.
He then shot Sanare in the neck before escaping the scene, police said.
Sanare was picked up and rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead while undergoing treatment.
Police were alerted of the murder and traced the suspect to a hideout in the area. He was detained for grilling.
Police said they had searched his house for more evidence in connection with the incident.
The body was moved to Kilgoris Level Four Hospital mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures.
Murder incidents are on the rise amid calls on parties to always solve their differences amicably.
Police say most of the cases have been solved or pend in courts.