A woman suspected to have attacked a family, murdered seven-year-old boy and seriously injured the mother on the night of September 24, 2021 has been arrested.
Reportedly, the suspect, identified as Lydia Jelagat, had been working for the bereaved family as a nanny before allegedly committing the crime.
According to preliminary investigations by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the suspect sneaked into her employer’s master bedroom armed with a panga and rungu on that fateful night.
DCI tweeted, “Armed with a panga and a rungu, the 24-year-old house help who had been graciously offered a nanny's job in the home of a Rumuruti based prison warder, crept stealthily into the master bedroom of her employer in the dead of the night, heinously attacking her in her sleep.”
The DCI stated that the incident occurred when the man of the house was away on work-related duties.
Police stated, "It was in the process of getting the woman ready for the hospital that the neighbours discovered the boy's cold body hidden under the bed. He had some blood oozing from the mouth, with no physical injuries.”
The woman was rushed to a hospital in Nyandarua where to receive treatment while the body of her son was taken to the morgue for autopsy.
Detectives working on the case nabbed the suspect some days later at a friend’s place in Kongasis.
Jelagat is currently in police custody at Marigat Police Station awaiting arraignment at Kabarnet Law Courts tomorrow.
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