Body of missing 56-year-old woman recovered from river in Kisumu

Aly Abich
By Aly Abich October 25, 2025 09:28 (EAT)
Body of missing 56-year-old woman recovered from river in Kisumu
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Police in Muhoroni Sub-County are investigating the death of a 56-year-old woman whose decomposing body was retrieved from a local river in the Chemelil area, Kisumu County.

According to a police report, passers-by spotted a body floating in the Oseng’Teti River before alerting authorities.

DCI officers from Chemelil rushed to the scene, where they found the already decomposing body of one Carena Oluch, aged 56.

Police said the woman, who was reported to be mentally unstable, had gone missing on October 17 this month.

Family members later positively identified the body as investigations continue to determine the circumstances that led to her drowning.

The body was moved to the Othoo Funeral Home.

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