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Sharon's mother still grieving nine months later

Sharon's parents Melida Auma and Douglas Otieno during her burial at Magare village in Homa bay county on October 19th 2018.

Grass has grown on Sharon Atieno's grave, nine months after she was brutally murdered together with her six-month-old unborn child.

“I weep every time I see her grave. I can’t still believe she is not around,” says Sharon’s mother Melida Auma Otieno. 

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