A 68-year-old man tragically killed his granddaughter before he died by suicide in a village in Ngobit, Laikipia county.
The man had been left at home to take care of the three-year-old girl when the incident happened on February 23, 2026, police said. This is the latest case of murder-suicide amid concerns of the menace.
The motive of the murder and suicide was not immediately known, police added.
According to the police, the body of Titus Wamae was found hanging on a truss of his house with a rope tied around his neck.
The body of the girl was found on the floor and rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police suspect the man strangled the girl and hit her with a blunt object, killing her.
He then proceeded to die by suicide.
The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations, police said.
This is the latest such incident to happen amid concerns of the rise of the suicide and murder trend.
Police investigations have linked them to depression, which is on the rise.
The majority of those who commit the incidents are men, police investigations show, amid government efforts to address the menace.
Source -The star
