The body of a minor who was missing was found floating in a septic tank after his suspected macabre murder in Majengo, Kitui Town.
Police said the mother of the one and eight months old boy had on September 28, 2025 left him in the house to go and buy medicine for her ailing husband when she found him missing minutes later.
The husband claimed he had also left the house and left the boy therein alone as he went to allegedly fetch for charcoal from a nearby shop.
This sent a signal to the mother that something was bad.
The couple stayed at a rental house in the area.
Neighbours insisted that they had not seen the man leave the house as he claimed.
This prompted a search in the compound when they stumbled on the body of the child floating in the septic tank.
The tank is usually covered by a man hole and police suspect the man strangled the boy and dumped the body therein before covering it again.
The man who is a step-father to the child was later arrested as a prime suspect in the murder pending an investigation, police said.
Police said they are yet to establish the motive of the murder. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy.
And a 30-year-old man was killed by a mob over claims of stealing two chickens in Rioma, Kisii County.
Locals claimed the deceased had entered the home of a man and stole two hens.
An alarm was raised alerting locals who responded and stoned him to death.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations.
Police discourage mob lynching and want suspects be surrendered to authorities for processing and possible prosecution.
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