Woman, children in custody over husband’s killing

When 59-year-old Charles Thairu, a car spare parts dealer drove home on Tuesday last week, all he looked forward to was a good rest. He, however, had no idea that he was about to go through hell and never return to identify his tormentors. Although the accounts of that  Tuesday night are still fuzzy, tightly guarded by relatives unwilling to let off a dark family secret, snippets of what happened are blood-curdling.

At first,  it appeared  Thairu had been attacked outside his home, at Ebenezer in Barnabas Area, Nakuru County, while in his car and left for dead. This is the narrative the family offered.  He had deep cuts on the head, fractures on both legs, and bruises on the left hand.