Quest for knowledge led girl to her teenage killer

Mr John Ndonu and Mrs Mary Chepleting, parents of Valarie Njeri (Inset) who was stabbed and killed by a 17 year old boy in Mirera, Naivasha. [Julius Chepkwony, Standard]

On Thursday morning, John Nduno and his wife left their home in Naivasha for a relative’s funeral. Tragically, a few hours later, they would be planning yet another burial.

This time, one much, much closer to them. A daughter, Valerie Njeri, whom they bid farewell at 7am that morning, would soon be dead.