Postmortem investigations indicate that the 95 year old woman who was previously alleged to have been buried alive by her son died out of cardiac arrest and not murder. Police have now ruled out foul play after the report.
According to Kirinyaga police boss Apollo Wanyonyi, the elderly woman though when unburied had her legs broken and blood stains on the gummy bag that was used to bury her, she was not murdered but died before she was buried.
Residents in the area said that they suspected something was amiss when Esther Wanjiru’s (deceased) son gave controversial statements on the whereabouts of his mother.
They however ransacked the land owned by the elderly woman and found the shallow grave that was used to conceal her death covered in fresh grass. They reported the case to the local police station and the officers acquired a permit to unbury the elderly woman on Wednesday.
Wanjiru had been buried on Sunday night. Many residents are now up in arms refuting the postmortem report because they think that police are colluding with the family to conceal murder.
Wanyonyi however warned residents against taking the law into their own hands and attacking the assailants as it is evident that Wanjiru died out of cardiac arrest. He further added that the couple will be released beacuse there are no charges against them.
When asked about burying the woman secretly Wanyonyi said it always happens in Kenya many people die and family members bury them secretly without seeking burial permit which may be the only offense the couple did.
Source: The Kenyan DAILY POST