Police in Ruiru, Kiambu County, are investigating a sudden death incident after a man collapsed and died at a grocery kiosk along the Ruiru bypass.
According to police, the incident happened Friday and the deceased, identified as Peterson Kinyanjui, had approached a local businessman seeking to sell him a bunch of bananas.
The businessman told police that at around 3pm, he briefly turned to attend to another customer before noticing Kinyanjui suddenly collapse and lose consciousness.
Police officers and detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) visited the scene, where it was processed and documented.
The body was later moved to the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital mortuary pending a postmortem examination to establish the cause of death.
And police in Gatanga Sub-county, Murang’a County, are investigating the death of a 38-year-old man who was found dead inside his house in Gathanji village.
The incident was reported at Kirwara Police Station on Friday at about 9:10pm by Julius Kamande Mwaura, 72, after he discovered the body of his son, Samuel Mwaura Kamande, lying on a bed inside his house.
According to the report, the father became concerned after failing to see his son throughout the day and decided to check on him at around 8:30pm.
Upon opening the door to the house, he found him unresponsive and immediately alerted the area assistant chief, who advised him to report the matter to police.
Officers visited the scene and established that the body had no visible injuries.
The scene was processed and documented before the body was moved to Kirwara Funeral Home awaiting an autopsy.
Police said an inquest file will be opened to establish the cause of death.
And police in Thika East Sub-county are investigating a suspected murder after a 60-year-old man was found dead inside his house in Gatuanyaga area, Kiambu County.
The incident was reported on Thursday at about 2:20pm at Gatuanyaga Police Post after neighbours became concerned when they failed to see Titus Njoroge for an entire day.
According to police, the neighbours went to check on him and found the house locked from inside. Calls to his mobile phone went unanswered as it was switched off.
Officers from Gatuanyaga Police Post rushed to the home and forced their way in after discovering the door had been barricaded from inside using a piece of timber placed vertically behind it.
Inside the house, officers found the lifeless body of the deceased seated on a sofa set with intestines protruding and blood smeared around the neck.
Preliminary investigations indicate the victim may have been killed elsewhere using a sharp object before the body was moved to the house. The suspected murder weapon was not recovered at the scene.
Police said the deceased was last seen alive on Wednesday, March 20, while drying beans outside his home.
Crime scene investigators from Thika West processed the scene before the body was moved to General Kago Mortuary awaiting an autopsy.
Investigations are ongoing.
And a 48-year-old man was found dead with head injuries in Mwireri village in Nyandarua County, police said.
A local told officers he had discovered the body of his neighbour, Joseph Kabaiko Kinuthia, lying near a fence under a bench.
Police officers who visited the scene established that the deceased was lying on his back with visible head injuries and blood oozing from the mouth.
Crime scene personnel processed the area before the body was moved to the J.M. Kariuki Hospital mortuary pending an autopsy and further investigations.
Police have launched investigations into the murder.
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