A man's bid to have his estranged wife and children return to him turned tragic on Friday night after his in-laws turned against him and beat him to death.
The 47-year-old man had visited his in-laws at night in Museve village in Kitui Central to negotiate for his wife's return only for him to the attacked and bludgeoned to death. The wife had fled to her parents together with their children after a disagreement.