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Damaris Muthee killing the latest in a slate of baffling athlete deaths

Ethiopian athlete Eskinder Hailemaryam, who has been linked to the death of Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete Damaris Muthee, had expressed frustrations over their relationship before his partner was found dead.

A caretaker, who was close to the slain Muthee, 28, and Hailemaryam, 36, claims that mistrust over money and a love triangle might have caused a fight and the eventual killing of the athlete. Hailemaryam is suspected to have fled to his country.

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