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KIMC student, 19, found dead with two stab wounds in neck

Purity Wangechi was found dead in Kiambu on May 14, 2022. [Courtesy]

Police in Kiambu are investigating the death of a 19-year-old Kenya Institute of Mass Communication (KIMC) student, whose body was discovered in a thicket in Buriria Village.

Purity Wangechi Karinga had two stab wounds in the neck, Kiambu Deputy Directorate of Criminal Investigations Officer Hadick Jumba told The Standard.

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