Police in Eldama Ravine, Baringo County, are investigating the gruesome murder of a 32-year-old woman, believed to have been accosted and slain by her ex-husband.

Authorities say that the man seemed to have been aggrieved by the ex-wife moving on with her life, and even started dating with another man.

The devastating incident was reported by Saos area Chief Judith Chebon on Monday, March 24 night, after finding the woman’s lifeless body sprawled outside her current boyfriend’s rented house with deep cuts on the head.

Neighbours who witnessed the horrendous scene with utter condemnation noted to have last seen the victim heading to the said boyfriend’s house moments past 8pm, only for her lifeless body to be found at 9pm soaked in blood at the compound.

Detectives from DCI Koibatek have commenced investigations, and the prime suspect, Alex Kimeli Ng’elel, who fled after committing the murder.