I want my son's head, mother of murdered man tells police

Lydia Eshikuri, the victim's mother, said she was shocked to find the body of her son in bed with the head missing. [iStockphoto]

Mystery surrounds the beheading of a 50-year-old man in Emukangu village in Emuhaya, Vihiga County.

Police are searching for the missing head of Alfred Esibala, whose body was found in his bedroom on Thursday. The scene had no blood, according to area Deputy County Commissioner Chuk Masau, indicating that the man might have been killed elsewhere.