A woman in Piai village in Kirinyaga was found murdered, her eyes were gouged out, and acid poured all over his body.

According to witnesses at the scene, the man's hand was cuffed and burned by what looked like acid. The woman's family says that their kin has been missing for a while and that they had reported her missing and have been searching to bring her home safely.

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Their hopes of finding her alive were crushed on Monday morning when they learned she was killed and her body dumped outside the cemetery at Embu Countryside. Those at the scene believe the woman was killed somewhere else and her body dumped at the location.

"We want to know the motive behind the heinous act," a resident, Pastor Boniface Mwangi, said.

Ms Nancy Wambui, a member of the area nyumba kumi, said that the woman was killed inhumanely. Ms wambui says that she was at home when she received information that a woman had been found dead and that she immediately rushed to the scene and was shocked to find the woman whose body had been badly mutilated lying dead.

The villagers demanded that the murderers be arrested by police and brought to justice. Police are hunting for suspects and asking the public to visit or call them if they have any information on the brutal killing.

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In migori, police are on the hunt for a man accused of exhuming his sister-in-law's body and dumping it at his ex-wife's residence.

Three years ago, the man and his wife, Monica Adhiambo, split up due to disputes within the family.

He is then accused of exhuming his sister-in-law Joan Apondi's body, which was buried on his property and abandoned at Adhiambo's door.

Adhiambo, who rents a home at Kakaro Trading Center in Suna East Sub County, told Ramogi FM on Thursday that she was inside the house when the suspect dumped the body parts in a sack in front of her home.