An ex-convict has been arrested by police after allegedly killing his wife’s two-year-old son just two months after release from prison.
40-year-old David Chelule from Bomet County is alleged to have hacked the boy to death with a panga at their home in Sotik Sub-County.
The mother, 35, was not home at the time of the incident.
According to Citizen Digital, the suspect had served a five-year jail term at the Kamiti Maximum Prison after being found guilty of trying to kill his nephew.
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According to sources, the couple who have been married for over ten years had a daughter before the man was jailed.
Upon his release, Chelule suspected that the two-year-old was the product of an extra-marital affair his wife had while he was in jail.
Sotik Sub-county Deputy Police Commander Francis Ng’ang’a said that the suspect is being held at the Sotik Police Station pending arraignment in court.
