"Murdered student was in a relationship with my son"

Students of Moi University School of Medicine mourn outside a Police station after their female colleague was brutally killed by an assailant in Eldoret. [Peter Ochieng/Standard]

A university student who was hacked to death in Eldoret was romantically involved with a 29-year-old man suspected of killing her, a woman has claimed.

The woman, who claimed to be the suspect’s mother, told The Standard her son had on numerous occasions showed her photos of the victim, Ivy Wangechi.