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Shock, fury as elderly woman’s body found buried in garage

Kabete Member of Parliament Ferdinand Waititu listens to Muthuri villagers as they narrated in disbelieve how a son Geoffrey Mathenge suspected to have murdered his mother Rose Njoki and buried her remains in the house garage on 04/06/2016 [PHOTO:JENIPHER WACHIE/Standard]

Police in Kabete are holding a 37-year-old man who allegedly killed his elderly mother at Muthure Village, Kiambu County.

The body of the 63-year-old woman -Rose Njoki - who was reported missing a week ago, was exhumed yesterday from her house garage, where the suspect buried it after allegedly killing her following a domestic row.

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