Mystery of a mother's death at a home discovered after 9 months

Leah Njeri Githuka house. [Courtesy, Standard]

On June 2, this year, at a homestead in Thika's landless area, crime scene investigators from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) discovered a badly decomposed body. It was lying next to the carcass of a dog.

A further search by the police in the homestead owned by Leah Njeri Githuka, 82, revealed more deaths had taken place. At least 20 chickens had died in the same compound.