Autopsy reveals cause of K.U student June Jerops death as family holds memorial service

An autopsy report conducted on the body of a 36-year-old woman who was found murdered and her badly deformed body dumped in Jamhuri estate, Nairobi, has revealed that she died due to severe bleeding after she was stabbed in the chest, thereby rupturing the heart.

June Jerop Kangogo went missing on the 18th of last month before her body was discovered by pedestrians in Jamhuri two days later.

Three suspects, including her boyfriend, are in police custody in connection with the murder.

A memorial service of the late Jerop was on Thursday held at the Montezuma Monalisa in Nairobi, almost three weeks since she was found murdered.

The emotional memorial service was attended by family, friends and colleagues who are yet to come to terms with the sudden loss.

Jerop’s boyfriend Jessie Wafula is among three people in police custody after they were arrested in Landmawe area on the 24th of March; 6 days after Jerop was reported missing.

Detectives investigating the murder case say the main suspect - Jessie Wafula - picked the deceased in her Liberty Gardens apartment in South B on 19th March.

They are captured on CCTV cameras in Imara Daima, then in Mlolongo area before the deceased went missing without a trace. She had spoken with her sister a day before she went missing.

The deceased’s sister Joyce Jepkemboi said: “It was on a Saturday that I last spoke to her…she was in a jovial mood and she didn’t sound like there was something amiss.”

The same day Jerop is reported to have been murdered, the main suspect Wafula travelled more than 400km away from the murder scene to Bungoma County, dumping his Mercedes Benz car before returning to Nairobi on the 24th using public transport.

He was arrested upon arrival together with his accomplices Allan Wafula and Timothy Masika. It is believed that the suspect used the vehicle to ferry and dispose of Jerop's body near Jamhuri Primary School.

OCPD Judith Nyongesa said: “They were all arraigned on the 27th March and we’ve sought miscellaneous application to detain them for 14 more days.”

The family of the deceased, an accountant at the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) student at Kenyatta University, have called on the police to fast-track the investigations and bring her killers to book.

Jerop will be laid to rest on Saturday in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.