Detectives are investigating how a missing intern at City Hall and a KCA University student died.
The body of Elvis Munene who had been missing for days was found at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) mortuary.
His family identified the body at the facility mortuary after a long search of 23 days without a trace.
He went missing on January 29 as he walked home from work.
This marked the beginning of his family's agony of looking for their son.
Witnesses said Munene left home for the City Hall Annex, IT department, where he was an intern before he left for home that day in the evening.
According to police, preliminary findings show friends called him on the phone and they walked downtown searching for a new phone cover.
As they walked downtown, police stopped one of Munene’s friends and handcuffed him. It is not clear what the friend had done to warrant his arrest.
Munene panicked and slipped off running towards Kirinyaga Road oblivious of the dangers ahead.
A mob mistook him for a thief with some tripping him before he was floored at the junction of Kirinyaga Road and Charles Rubia Road.
He was allegedly stoned and beaten up sustaining serious injuries.
The mob which is said to have included boda boda riders mistook him for a thief, police said.
Police followed him to the scene and rescued him to hospital after calling an ambulance.
They also freed Munene’s friend. Police said the ambulance took him to the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) where he was admitted to the ICU.
He succumbed to his injuries two days later, police and the family said.
The body was moved to the mortuary even as the family and friends looked for him.
The police who took him there didn’t make a follow up. They are part of those under probe into the incident.
The family, unaware of Munene’s whereabouts continued their search until Thursday February 20 evening when they discovered his body in the mortuary.
He has visible injuries in the head. This has prompted an investigation into the attack on the student with an aim of ensuring justice.
His friends who were with him that day were arrested, police said adding the probe is ongoing.
Detectives are awaiting a formal medical report to determine the cause of Munene’s death through a postmortem examination to be carried out.
The police are also reviewing CCTV footage obtained from various roads he used to establish his movements before his attack.
Police discourage against mob lynching and want suspects be surrendered to authorities for prosecution.
Police will decide what to investigate after the autopsy and reviewing the security camera footage.
The case has exposed police operations given they took the victim to the hospital and never made a follow up to know his status.
