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

A resident of Kabete in Nairobi looks in disbelief at a house where a son Geoffrey Mathenge is suspected to have murdered his mother and buried her remains in the house garage. He confessed after he was arrested by Kikuyu police after a search for the missing mother Rose Njoki yielded no fruits. (PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE/ SATNDARD)

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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