Woman, children held on suspicion of killing husband

Wangari claimed that she arrived home from work and found her husband with severe injuries (Photo: Shutterstock)

When 59-year-old Charles Thairu, a car spare parts dealer drove home on Tuesday last week, all he looked forward to was a good rest. He, however, had no idea that he was about to go through hell and never return to identify his tormentors.

Although the accounts of that Tuesday night are still fuzzy, tightly guarded by relatives unwilling to let off a dark family secret, snippets of what happened are blood-curdling.