By James Ratemo,
Developing story
In a bizarre incident, a man and his wife were killed and buried in shallow graves on a disputed land in Juja.
James Mutitu Ndirangu, 34, and his wife Grace Wacera Kimani were apparently murdered in cold blood on Monday night and buried just a few yards from their house.
Preliminary findings reveal that the land is classified as riparian, but a tycoon claimed ownership. There is a court case pending on the land between a group of squatters and the rich man.
It was not immediately established who was behind the killings or the motive behind the shocking incident.
Thika OCPD, Paul Leting, visited the area on Wednesday and had the two bodies exhumed.
According to a brother in-law to the deceased man, Ndirangu went missing on Sunday, while the wife was in hospital.
The wife called the brother in-law after trying to reach the husband via phone in vain.
The wife, the story goes, was to be discharged from hospital on Monday and wanted the husband to come pick her. The brother in law went to check out on Tuesday and discovered a deserted home. The livestock were unattended to and there was no sign of activity in the home.
He entered the house, looked around and saw trails of blood. Curios and scared, he followed the trails and that is when he discovered the shallow graves before he alerted neighbours and the police.
It is still not clear how the wife left the hospital and happened to be in the home when the ‘murderer(s)’ struck.
Police have launched investigations.
Additional information by Mary Kamande
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