In the Thome area of Kasarani, Nairobi County, a woman died after falling from a ten-story apartment. Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations are looking into her death.
The DCI officers interviewed the management and residents of the apartment, which serves as both a residential and short-term rental facility, and went through evidence for the majority of Saturday morning.
Photos from the property that show a bathroom and bloody bedsheets are being used by the police to attempt and piece together what happened. Lawrence Gitonga, the man who accompanied the deceased, is recovering from eight stab wounds.
White house apartments on this block in the Thome area of Kasarani, Nairobi, on a Saturday morning Joan Nzomo, 19, fell from this building’s tenth story, and her lifeless body was found after 3:00 in the morning.
Detectives investigating homicides from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations arrived on the scene with the intention of solving the 3 a.m. incident that occurred in one of the more than 200 units in this building, which houses both short-term and long-term tenants.
Her lover Lawrence Gitonga was found unconscious and suffering from eight stab wounds by the detectives.
To aid in their investigations, the investigating police gathered CCTV footage, personal possessions, and forensic evidence.
Sources close to the investigations claim that on Friday night, Joan—wearing only a red t-shirt—met Lawrence Gitonga at one of the entertainment spots on Mirema Drive in Roysambu.
A few hours later, Lawrence and Joan were spotted dropping off a friend on their way to the White House Apartments. From there, they went to a nearby pub and kept drinking in his car.
The two arrived at the 10th-floor short-stay apartment they had reserved at 3:00 in the morning on Saturday. It is now unclear what transpired in the room.
Images of the scene show bloodstained sheets and smeared blood on the walls and floor of the bathroom; it’s possible that there was a struggle or that the man sought refuge after being stabbed.
The male who was with the woman, Gitonga, was found unconscious and had eight stab wounds. Detectives are keen to learn the precise events that led to her death. Our source claims that the deceased seemed without wounds.
Gitonga was brought to a hospital in Nairobi and is admitted.
