Shock as Woman is Caught Burying 7-Year-Old Daughter After Beating Her to Death.
Shock as Woman is Caught Burying 7-Year-Old Daughter After Beating Her to Death: Police from Lunga Lunga in Kwale County on Friday put under custody a 30-year-old woman for beating and killing her daughter aged seven.
Residents from Gathini village in Kwale raised concerns after they were alarmed by screams emanating from the woman’s house, and upon rushing to ascertain the incident, they found her beating up the child with a rolling pin.
According to the woman, she was disciplining her, so continued to beat her up even after the villagers pleaded with her to stop. However, after being threatened to be reported to the Authorities she stopped.
An officer stated,” Around 9 p.m. on February 14, the suspect was heard assaulting her daughter using a chapati roller. Neighbours intervened, and the assault stopped.”
However, on Thursday Morning, the woman escaped from her rentals en route to her rural village with the body of the girl who had unfortunately succumbed to injuries.
The officer stated,”Upon inquiry, neighbours established that the suspect was in her rural home in Mrima village, 30 kilometres away, with the dead body of the minor, which she had ferried for burial,”
“It emerged that the suspect was in her rural home preparing the burial of the dead child. The suspect went into hiding after police raided their home and recovered the body of the child,” the police stated.
The body was moved to Msambweni Referral Hospital mortuary for post mortem.
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