While being held at the Ramasha police station in Masaba South, Kisii county, a man suspected of killing his wife reportedly committed suicide.
Samwel Gitau, the sub county police commander for Masaba South, confirmed.
Misati Obong’o, the suspect, was being taken in detention in relation to the Tuesday-apparent murder of his 67-year-old wife, Carren Nyanduko.
At nine in the morning, their granddaughter is said to have found his wife’s body lying in a pool of blood inside their house. The body, according to the police, showed significant wounds.
Resident suspicion was aroused by reports that the husband was missing from the house and could not be located.
Infuriated locals searched the villages for the suspect, and when they found him, they threatened to lynch him.
However, the police officers were able to rescue him from the crowd.
Later that evening, the suspect was apprehended and held at the police station.
According to accounts, the police discovered the man’s lifeless body hanging from the roof and believe he committed himself by using his socks as a prop.
The event is being looked into by the police. They brought the body to the morgue.
