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The body was taken to Egerton Hospital Morgue for postmortem examination.
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A team of detectives is camping in the area in hunt for the said perpetrator, police said.
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Detectives are investigating an incident in which a 14-year-old girl was defiled and murdered in Likia area, Njoro, Nakuru.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known, police said.
The body of the Grade 6 pupil was found in a maize plantation on Saturday, September 21, morning long after she had been killed.
Police said they suspect the victim was defiled before she was killed.
Preliminary findings show the girl was headed home the previous day when she was captured and dragged to the maize plantation where she was killed by strangling after being defiled.
Police said her body was found lying in a maize plantation with visible injuries around the neck.
The body was taken to Egerton Hospital Morgue for postmortem examination.
A team of detectives is camping in the area in hunt for the said perpetrator, police said.
Meanwhile, a suspect was lynched by a mob in such increasing incidents.
Police discourage mob lynching and want suspects to be surrendered to authorities for action.
The incident happened at Kenyatta Market in Nairobi on Sunday where a man aged about 30 was stoned over an alleged failed robbery and murder.
Locals claimed the victim stabbed and killed a man in the failed robbery before he was trailed to the area and stoned to death.
The stabbing had happened on Saturday night in the area.
The victim of the stabbing was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to the injuries, police said.
It was then the locals who seemed to be aware of the incident trailed and killed the said assailant by stoning him.
Police arrived at the scene minutes later and moved the body to the mortuary.
The body of the first victim is lying at the Mbagathi Hospital Mortuary, police said.
A team of detectives is investigating both incidents for a possible closure.