A 72-year-old woman who had been reported missing in Kirinyaga, was on Sunday morning found dead in river Kiringa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the police, the deceased, identified as Jane Wawira, a resident of Gitondo village in Njuuku sub-location, Gichugu constituency, went missing on Thursday, November 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was reportedly last seen heading home on a motorbike, as a pillion passenger, as she left a local shopping centre that Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wawira\u2019s lifeless body was discovered three days later and after a frantic search. A fisherman is said to have discovered the body floating in the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Residents said that the deceased may have been robbed, killed and her body dumped in the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Denis Muriithi, a close relative, Wawira was returning home from the shopping centre where she had gone to sell her cow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI understand she boarded a motorbike to take her home, only to be robbed and killed before arriving home. I have a feeling this may have been done by people known to her here in the village,\u201d said Muriithi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the incident, a mob set ablaze a homestead they claimed belonged to one of the suspects, destroying property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A second suspect had his homestead surrounded by the mob, but was saved from the embers of fire by police officers who were called to the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kirinyaga-East (Gichugu) sub-county police commander Johnson Wachira confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt the moment we are treating the matter as drowning until statements are recorded even as we continue with investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The police urged the residents to avoid taking the law into their own hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The body of the woman has since been taken to Kibugi funeral home in Kutus awaiting postmortem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A 72-year-old woman who had been reported missing in Kirinyaga, was on Sunday morning found dead in river Kiringa. According to the police, the deceased, identified as Jane Wawira, a resident of Gitondo village in Njuuku sub-location, Gichugu constituency, went missing on Thursday, November 21. She was reportedly last seen heading home on a motorbike,…<\/p>\n