Two robbery suspects have been apprehended. They are considered members of a broader criminal gang whose members allegedly stole from a 76-year-old woman in Serem, Vihiga County, in July before gang-raping and killing her.
Patrick Misiko, 36, and Christine Jerono, 46, were caught by police in Vihiga's Majengo neighborhood after they were discovered in possession of a mobile phone allegedly stolen from the dead during the incident.
"On that fateful night, the killer gang had broken into the elderly woman's house in the dead of night, descending on her with blunt objects and committing the abominable act," stated the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in a statement.
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"It then stole her gas cylinder, a solar cable, her phone, and her shopping, leaving her writhing in agony as she slid into her untimely death."
Neighbors who heard the commotion took the deceased to Mbale Referral Hospital, but she died two days later from her injuries despite receiving medical attention.
"The case that had been reported at the nearby Tambua Police Post was taken over by Hamisi Sub-county detectives, where Crime Scene Investigators, backed up by their Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau counterparts, initiated a forensic trail on the perpetrators," said the DCI.
Police are pursuing the remaining members of the criminal gang who are still at large.
