Police looking for officer who killed fiancée

By  EDWIN MAKICHE

Police are hunting for a middle-aged man, an ex-army officer, who is believed to have murdered his fiancée and their one-year-old baby before burying them in a shallow grave at Kenene Village in Buret District.

Speaking to The Standard On Sunday, Chief Richard Cheruiyot of Kamungei location said that the two have been living as a couple two years now at the woman’s home after her parents migrated to Olenguruone in Nakuru County. Mr Cheruiyot said that early this week, the couple disappeared for three consecutive days raising eyebrows amongst neighbours.          

“The villagers suspected there was something wrong when they visited the couples home and found it deserted. They immediately alerted my office and we began searching,’’ he said. Their fears were confirmed yesterday when a neighbour spotted a pack of dogs dragging what looked like a human body from a maize plantation.