A man was Tuesday morning arrested with a human thorax believed to be that of the dismembered body of his 19-year-old wife in Huruma, Nairobi.
The woman has been missing for days, locals said even though the matter had not been reported to police.
After the arrest and interrogation, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the suspect led the officers to his residence in the area where a search was conducted and the head with eyes gouged out and other body parts were found.
However, the deceased’s left hand, waist and hip area and one upper thigh were missing, police said.
Police officers on patrol met the suspect in the morning at around 5 am while carrying a suspicious bag.
They said they stopped him randomly and conducted a search and found the thorax of a female human stashed inside a cement bag.
Upon interrogation, the suspect identified himself and claimed that the body parts were of his wife aged 19, police said.
It was then he led the officers to his house where other body parts, including the head, were found under the bed.
Also recovered in the single-roomed house was a sharp knife inside a basin of water, and clothes soaked in blood and believed to belong to the deceased wife, police said.
According to police, the floor of the house was also stained with blood, a clear indication that the offence was committed therein.
Detectives from the Starehe Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have launched investigations to recover the other missing body parts and also to establish the identity of the dismembered body.
The motive of the murder is yet to be established. Police said they are among others pursuing occultism.
Occultism has been part of the leading causes of murder, police say.
Nairobi regional head of DCI said they are investigating the incident to establish more and ensure justice.
