Bomet: Mother Arrested As Police Excavate The Bodies Of Her 2 Daughters In Shallow Graves

• On Tuesday, September 10, police in Bomet County obtained a court order to exhume two bodies from a shallow grave.
• Homicide detectives unearthed the bodies of two girls, aged 12 and 9, who were secretly buried in a tea plantation
• The woman, who was living with a man, had been missing for two weeks before neighbors discovered the shallow grave in Sotik

Bomet – The police in Sotik, Bomet county, have launched an investigation into the alleged murder of two children in Nyatembe village.

On Tuesday, September 10, homicide detectives exhumed the bodies of two girls, ages 12 and 9, who were secretly buried in a shallow grave, as reported by KTN News.

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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) arrested the mother of five after the bodies of her daughters were exhumed.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the woman, who was living with a man, was missing for two weeks before neighbors discovered the deep grave in a tea plantation near the house.

According to neighbors, the missing man was living with the woman, but he is not the biological father of the five children.

Confirming the incident, the head of the area Lenny Kirui said a manhunt has been launched for the person suspected of being responsible for the twin murders.

The woman is being detained at the Sotik Police Station while the bodies are being taken to the Kapkatet Hospital mortuary pending an autopsy.

How the police exhumed the body in Trans Nzoia

In Trans Nzoia county, police obtained a court order to exhume an unknown number of bodies believed to be buried in a shallow grave.

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Homicide detectives recovered the body of a woman wrapped in a blanket from a shallow grave outside a mud house in Kaliwa village, Waitaluk ward.

The woman whose body was taken out was identified as Alice Chemutai, who was a resident of the town of Kitale.

Trans Nzoia boss DCI Paul Songok led homicide officers to the house where the body was removed.

Three suspects were arrested when homicide officers were sent to secure the home last night.

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