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Missing teacher found buried in concrete coffin at his house

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Villagers mill around a house where the decomposing body of a 45-year old teacher was discovered in a concreate coffin as it was moved into a waiting police car at Ihururu within Tetu Constituency, Nyeri county, January 12, 2023. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

Residents of Ihururu in Tetu Constituency, Nyeri County have made a bizarre discovery when they found the body of a man in a concrete coffin at a rented house.

The body of Joseph Gathogo Njambi, 45, was discovered by his landlord in single-roomed house laid in a concrete coffin covered in plywood and a black flag.

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