A 5-year-old kindergarten girl, Blessing Gathigia, who went missing on Thursday on returning from school has been found raped and murdered in Nyeri.
According to police, Blessing's body was found dumped at a house in the neighborhood. The marks on the body were consistent with rape.
The girl’s mother, Damaris Wairimu, said that her daughter arrived home from school at 3 pm and left after changing her uniform.
Wairimu said, “My daughter came from school as usual after changing her uniform she proceeded for a walk. This is the time she vanished.”
She added that she tried to look for the girl by contacting her relatives but her efforts proved futile. However, search party in the morning led to the discovery of the body.
According to a neighbor, Catherine Wachira, they intensified the search for the missing girl and finally found the body.
She recalled, “I was searching for this child when all of sudden I developed some fear on checking inside this house I saw her body placed at a corner.”
The neighbor found it strange that the scene was just metres from Blessing's home.
The girl from Mathira’s Kianjogu village was raped and murdered before her body was dumped at a house in the neighborhood, police said on Friday.
Irate villagers vowed to hunt down the perpetrator. Meanwhile, Police from Karatina launched investigations into the murder.
The body of the deceased was taken to a Karatina Hospital Mortuary awaiting a postmortem to establish the cause of death.
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