Woman, son among three arrested over husband’s murder in Homa Bay

A 42-year-old woman and her son are among three suspects arrested over the alleged murder of her husband at Kadibuoro village in Kanyiriema Location, Rangwe Sub-county.

Police identified the woman as Rose Nyakundi, whose husband, John Nyakundi Okoko, 45, was killed on Sunday night.According to police, Nyakundi is suspected of conspiring with her 24-year-old son and another 36-year-old man from the village to kill Okoko while he was asleep.

The victim was allegedly struck with a blunt object inside his house.Police say that after the killing, Okoko’s body was washed in the bathroom and his clothes changed before it was moved about one kilometre from the home and dumped in a thicket.

Nyakundi later reported the matter at Ndiru Police Station, claiming her husband had left home to meet someone who was to give him rice plants for feeding his livestock.