He tied red ribbons around their home before brutally killing his own mum

Kirinyaga West Sub-County Police Commander Martha Ng'etich confirmed that police officers exhumed the body and took it away. "There was a lot of resistance from members of public, " she added.

A silver lining in the matter, however, the family said that they would now bury the woman in peace. "We are now at peace. We can meet without any fear while preparing to bury our mother," Wanja said.