Manhunt launched after 50-year-old businesswoman murdered in Siaya
Police in Bondo, Siaya County, are
investigating the death of a 50-year-old businesswoman whose body was found at
a pathway in Kapiyo village on Monday night.
The body
of the businesswoman, who has been identified as Jemimah Randa, was discovered
by her son on a pathway a few meters from her home.
According
to area Assistant Chief Denis Ojwang’, the woman had closed her shop as usual,
but when her son saw that she had not reached home by 10pm, he decided to go
out and look for her, only to bump into her lifeless body on the way.
Ojwang’ said
the woman had been strangled to death and her belongings, including her
proceeds for the day, stolen by the unknown assailants.
The son
raised alarm before members of the public called the police who came and took the
body to the Bondo sub-county hospital mortuary awaiting post-mortem as
investigations begin into the matter.
The
administrator took the opportunity to caution business owners against closing
shop late, especially during this festive season when the insecurity rate is
increasing, adding that they should also ensure they do not walk alone at night.
He stated
that investigations are going on to identify the killers and called for
calmness amongst the members of the public, urging them to give room for
investigations to be concluded.
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