Probe After Medical Officer & Lover Found Dead Inside Their House in Kisii

A medical officer who works at the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital (KTRH) was on Friday, November 29, found dead alongside his lover inside their house in the Nyamataro area of Kisii.

A police report obtained by Kenyans.co.ke revealed that the deaths of the man aged 29 years and the 28-year-old woman were reported to the police by the apartment’s landlady where the couple had rented.

According to Nyanchwa Police Officers, the bodies of the duo were identified after concerns from the man’s cousin, who approached the landlady to enquire about the whereabouts of the medical officer.

The cousin was forced to seek help from the landlady after several futile attempts to reach out to the 29-year-old by phone. Out of curiosity, the landlord immediately walked up to the tenant’s house.

She found the door locked from the inside and went ahead to knock on the door. However, her efforts proved futile. It was during this moment that she peeped through the door and spotted the man lying on a mattress.

Puzzled about what she had seen, the landlady quickly informed police officers from the Nyanchwa Police Station, who immediately arrived at the scene. The police officers broke the door and entered the house.

Upon gaining entry into the man’s house, the officers found the couple’s bodies lying on a mattress inside a single room and holding each other’s hands.

“No suicide note was found, however, there were assorted injection syringes, both used and unused, and medicines,” revealed an officer from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) who visited the scene.

Doctors from the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital were informed about the incident and arrived at the scene. They identified the 29-year-old man as their colleague and the woman as the man’s girlfriend, who had just arrived from the United States.

The DCI officers based in Kisii County immediately launched a probe into the incident. Preliminary investigations revealed that the couple had been in a relationship for three years. 

According to the detectives, no visible injuries were spotted on the bodies. However, the lady’s body was swollen, and blood was oozing from the mouth and the nose. 

Following the tragic occurrence, the police officers processed the scene before moving the bodies to the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary awaiting a postmortem.

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