Police are investigating an incident where a body of a 40-year-old lady was discovered in her bed in Nairobi’s Parklands region.
According to police, Pauline Adhiambo worked as a house girl in one of the area’s households.
The house owners reported that she had diabetes and was taking medication.
She was discovered dead in her bed on September 4 at a residence on City Park Drive.
Before the police were summoned, a clinical officer arrived at the house and confirmed her death.
The body which had no visible physical injuries was taken to Chiromo mortuary awaiting postmortem examination, police said.
Meanwhile, a 22-year-old man was hunted down and killed by a mob on suspicion of being a thief in a Kakamega village.
The incident happened in Kiliboti location, Mutonyi village where the body of James Simiyu Kundu was found in a ditch on September 5 long after he had been killed.
The body was discovered in the ditch by passers-by who reported it to the local authorities.
Police said it is suspected that the deceased was killed by an angry mob at an unknown time of the night on suspicion of theft since he was a notorious thief. The body was moved to a local morgue awaiting autopsy.
