The DCI Homicide detectives have launched investigations into the gruesome murder of 44-year-old Rael Cherop Biwott, whose dismembered body parts were found dumped at various places across Nandi and Uasin Gishu counties on 24th and 27th June, 2024.

The mother of four was reported missing by her husband 24 hours after she left her workplace on June 22nd at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, where she was working as a Senior Accountant Assistant at the billing section.

According to the husband, Francis Mwangi Ndirangu, and who is the prime suspect in the murder, the deceased went missing after sharing breakfast with him on the 23rd of June, a fact that contradicted statements by his kids and a co-accused.

Preliminary investigations have established that the deceased left her workplace minutes to 7 pm in the company of her husband on June 22. Contrary to the suspect’s testimony that they boarded a matatu home, a CCTV footage obtained confirmed that they left in a Toyota Succeed hired by the husband. The wife never arrived home.

Some of the deceased’s dismembered parts would only be discovered stashed in a gunny bag around noontime on June 24, dumped beside a road at Kapsilegaa village within Nandi County. Later that day, another set of the body (head and upper limbs) were discovered beside a road at Lamaiywet village within Uasin Gishu County.

It was after this discovery that the husband made a missing person report at Eldoret Police Station at 6.40pm. Three days later (June 27), the deceased’s remaining parts which included her legs and internal parts were discovered in a clear polythene bag beside a road at Mutwot village in Nandi County.

An autopsy report conducted in the presence of the husband, other family members and two advocates indicated that the deceased had suffered severe neck injuries and blunt force trauma to the head.

Following the inconsistencies of the husband’s report to the overwhelming circumstantial evidence so far gathered implicating him, he was arrested alongside his suspected accomplice, and both have since been arraigned and custodial orders granted to the detectives to complete the investigation.

The matter will be mentioned at the Eldoret court on July 11, 2024.