Detectives are holding a Form Four student in connection with the murder of a teenage girl whose body was found dumped on the roadside in Naivasha.
Police said the suspect had confessed to the murder of Brenda Bosibori, 17, whose body was discovered on July 2 in Karagita area.
The body had a deep cut in the head, thin wire on the neck and shoelaces tied around the legs.
Blood was also oozing from her mouth and ears when police arrived and picked up the body.
Moments later, the suspect walked to the local police station to confess to the murder.
He had walked to the station to report the murder, police said.
He told police that he picked up the deceased from her parents’ home and took her to their house where he locked her in his room and strangled her using shoelaces.
He then hid her body in his room until late in the night, dragged and dumped it on the roadside.
The suspect told police he went back to his mother’s house and slept until the following day.
The mother of the deceased girl told police the suspect had also called him earlier on.
The mother, Rose Nyanchama is a flower grader in one of the farms in Naivasha.
She said when the daughter went missing, she had given her money for breakfast before she left for work.
She said the suspect had also returned the house key to them saying the deceased left them with him.
It emerged the suspect had gone to Brenda's house earlier in the day to help with chores, including washing the dishes.
The two then left the house together and it was apparently the last time the girl was seen alive.
Rose told police when she told the suspect her daughter was missing, he seemed shocked and offered to help with the search.
And for nearly seven hours, the mother and the suspect with other locals combed the area in search of the missing girl in vain.
The suspect even asked the woman to go home and relax until the following day when a friend called her saying the body of the teenage girl had been found in the area.
Naivasha Deputy Police boss Samuel Kiplong said they suspect the suspect and the deceased girl differed over love and money.
He said they are investigating a murder case.
“We suspect a case of love gone sour. The suspect also claims he had given the girl Sh200 for unclear reasons,” he said.
Police took the suspect to court where they sought more days to complete their probe into the murder.
They plan to check if the teenage boy is mentally stable to face murder charges.