Missing Grade 5 Pupil Found Dead, Body Mutilated.
Emanuel Kibet Kipkemboi, 11, of Kitengela’s Jamii Bora estate, was discovered dead in a deserted home a few days after he went missing.
The second-born child in a two-child family was reported missing on the evening of Saturday, March 26 after the family was unable to locate him.
The body of a Grade Five student from Sathya-sai School on the Isinya-Kiserian road was discovered today in a pool of blood in a deserted three-bedroom house a few metres from his parents’ home.
Neighbors had noticed bloodstains leading up to the house before discovering the murder scene. A chisel and a hummer were discovered nearby by police.
“I saw the mutilated body. The perpetrators must have had enough time to commit the crime and cover their backs. Nobody heard any distress call since the time the boy went missing,” said a neighbour.
According to a postmortem today at Shalom Hospital in Athi River, young Kipkemboi died as a result of multiple stab wounds to the head.
Family members and friends interviewed at the morgue by the Nation had yet to come to terms with the killing, despite the fact that the boy’s father died on January 31, leaving his mother to care for him and his sister.
The boy lived somewhere else with his father until his father died, at which point he moved in with his mother.
Daisy Kibet, the boy’s sister, described him as a jovial football fan who was the family darling.
According to the family, they are living in fear.
“He was my only brother. He was always jovial and friendly. He lit up our family even in dark moments despite his tender age,” Daisy said.
"This is a cold-blood murder. We wonder who could have wanted an innocent boy dead. Police should expedite the investigation and ensure justice for our loved one,” said George Kipsang, the boy’s uncle, who spoke on behalf of the family.
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According to Ancent Kaloki, the sub-county police commander in Isinya, preliminary investigations point to a possible family feud.
“We suspect the person who lured the boy to his murder was known to him. We have crucial leads we are following to unravel the murder,” he said.
The body is being kept in the Shalom Community mortuary.
Missing Grade 5 Pupil Found Dead, Body Mutilated
