Jeff Mwathi autopsy: Detectives collect more samples to establish if he was sodomized

Detectives from the homicide department of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have collected more samples for toxicological analysis after exhuming the body of the late interior designer Geoffrey ‘Jeff’ Mwathi to ascertain the cause of death.

Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor, who conducted a second autopsy after the body was exhumed in Njoro, Nakuru County, revealed that samples had been taken to ascertain if Mwathi was sodomized or not.

“Remember there were allegations of sodomy; we have taken in some samples which will help us to find out the truth which led to the death of Jeff," he said.

“We have taken some swabs from the anal region which will undergo DNA. We have taken samples for toxicological analysis to know whether some toxins were involved or drugs so now we will analyse and come up with results.”

Detectives also took measurements of Mwathi's chest width to ascertain whether he jumped off the apartment through the window as had been alleged during preliminary investigations.

Mr. Oduor further revealed that the second autopsy conducted on Friday did not disclose any inconsistencies with the first, adding that Mwathi indeed died as a result of severe injuries to the head.

“We exhumed as per the court order, after that we did a full autopsy, a repeat of what had been done earlier on. What we saw is that the late had severe head injuries, which were also seen in the first autopsy, and there was some fracture of the upper and lower limbs and there were also some fractures in the neck, cervical spine,” he said.

“This is a person who died because of very very severe injuries which we need to look into.”

Mwathi's remains were reburied moments after the second autopsy as investigations continue to unravel the cause of death.

Mr. Oduor requested more time stating that it is difficult to establish the exact cause of death without proper analysis since the body had already decomposed.

“There are usually what we call post-mortem artefacts, which are changes which come as the body stays on; so it is very difficult for me to say whether what they saw exactly is what I see right now because there is decomposition,” he said.

"For the fractures which they saw, I also saw them…the skull was seriously fractured up to its base."