An 18-year-old woman was found dead outside her father’s house in Ariamawoi Village, Isiolo County, in a suspected murder incident linked to a boundary dispute.
Police said Adoro Ngolong, 18, was preparing supper at her parents’ home shortly after midnight when she stepped out to borrow salt from her grandmother’s house a few metres away.
Her parents reportedly heard a thud outside their house a short while later.
When they went to investigate, they found their daughter lying motionless on the ground.
Police officers, accompanied by detectives and crime scene investigators, visited the scene and found the deceased lying on her back.
She had an apparent injury to the left side of her forehead, which police suspect was inflicted with a blunt object.
Mucus was also reportedly oozing from her nose.
The motive for the killing had not been established, although police suspect it could be connected to a boundary dispute between the deceased’s parents and a 33-year-old man.
Police said an assistant chief had previously attempted to resolve the dispute, but the suspect was allegedly dissatisfied with the outcome and had threatened to take unspecified action against the deceased’s father and his family.
Crime scene investigators documented the scene before the body was moved to the Isiolo County Referral Hospital mortuary, where it was preserved pending autopsy.
The suspect as arrested and taken to Isiolo Police Station, where he is being held pending arraignment in court.
