A decapitated body was discovered on the borders of Mikinduri town, Meru County, on Sunday, January 15, this year.
The body was identified three days later as Beatrice Gatwiri, 18, who had left her grandmother’s home in Amatu village on December 24 to live with her lover.
Ms. Gatwiri sat her Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) at St Massimo Secondary School last year, according to her grandma, and then fled her family. She would subsequently hear that the girl was living near their house with her long-term lover.
However, police are still piecing together the mystery of the teen’s missing head, the identity of her attacker, and the motivation for the horrible deed days after the gruesome discovery.
Mr. Joel Chepkwony, the Tigania Central Police Commander, stated that they are detaining her boyfriend while investigations and the search for her missing head continue.
