Crime

SO SAD: Man hangs himself on mango tree after killing wife

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3 months ago

June 22, 2023

The lifeless body of a man identified as Kirwa Kipngetich was found hanging on a mango tree in a few stabbing his wife to death.

The incident is said to have happened in Cheberen, Mogotio, Baringo county of Kenya. The lifeless corpse of the man hanging on the mango tree was discovered by a neighbor.

According to the neighbour, he was visiting his farm to work when he saw the corpse of the man dangling on the mango tree.

According to the chief of Cheberen, Sammy Kandie the man who killed his wife the night before, fled from an angry crowd after he was discovered and went into hiding in a nearby bush.

He reportedly stabbed his wife Leolinda Jeruto, who is a JSS teacher at Tian primary school, Cheberen, Mogotio, to death with a knife.

One neighbour told the police, “We suspect that domestic differences could have caused the dreadful ordeal. The duo had two children and had been having issues that kept them estranged for a while.”

Investigations are currently ongoing.