Police have launched a manhunt for a suspect who killed his girlfriend and called the Isinya police station in Kajiado County to report the incident.
The suspect told police he murdered the woman on February 3.
According to police, the suspect, aged 27, informed police he killed his girlfriend identified as Risper Ngendo Munene, 24, at a house where he worked as a caretaker in Olooltepes sub-location, Oloosirkon location of Isinya sub-county.
Police said the suspect then hunged up the phone and vanished. His mobile phone has been switched off since then.
The security officers visited the scene at the weekend and found the body of Ngendo in a house, which was locked
The body was covered with a blanket on the bed and had black marks on the limbs and neck and was swollen. The woman had traveled to the area to visit the man when the incident happened.
The decomposed body was moved to Nairobi Funeral Home (City Mortuary) awaiting postmortem.
Police said they are yet to establish the motive of the murder. The hunt on the suspect is ongoing, police said.