Police in Mukaa, Makueni County, are investigating the discovery of human remains believed to belong to a 42-year-old man who had been missing since March 2026.
The remains were discovered on Tuesday, September 1 in a bushy area on family land in Mavivye village.
Police visited the scene and recovered a skull, jawbone, two thigh bones and a shoulder blade.
They also recovered a black jacket, striped white shirt and green T-shirt at the scene.
The clothing helped family members identify the remains as those of Benson Mbithi Mutwiwa, a 42-year-old man who had reportedly been missing since March.
Preliminary investigations indicate that Mutwiwa may have been attacked by a wild animal, resulting in his death, although investigations are ongoing to establish the circumstances surrounding his disappearance and death.
The recovered human remains have been preserved at Kilungu Sub-County Hospital pending further investigations and examination.
And police are investigating the death of an unidentified man whose body was found washed ashore at the Kenya Navy Base Mtongwe in Mombasa County.
The body was discovered on Tuesday, September 1, at the slipway Mtongwe jet area within the Kenya Navy Base.
According to police, KDF soldiers on sentry duty at the GPG Sentry Point noticed a body floating in the Indian Ocean at about 6:30am, when the tide was high. The body was subsequently washed onto the shoreline.
Police visited the scene and found the body of an unidentified African male adult in an advanced state of decomposition.
The scene was processed and documented before the body was removed and taken to the Coast General Hospital mortuary, where it is being preserved pending identification and a postmortem examination.
Police are yet to establish the man’s identity and the circumstances surrounding his death.
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