Ndudi Anyim
Police detectives have found the brunt body of a missing 16-year-old girl, in a thicket in Suba North, Kenya.
It was gathered that the girl, Marry Achieng, had gone missing six days ago before her lifeless body was found burnt with acid.
Preliminary investigations suggests that the girl may have been raped before her body was dumped near Waiga water pan at Nyamaji location.
The body and surrounding grass had been burnt with acid, and girls in the area are said to be terrified because another girl was kidnapped and killed a year ago.
“ Marry had sat her KCPE exams at Got Rateng’ Primary School in the constituency. Her father Alex Ojwang said she had left home on Monday morning last week to buy malaria medication at Ndhuru Dispensary. She never returned.
“A medical officer at the dispensary confirmed the girl arrived and was given drugs. But she disappeared on the way home.
“ The use of acid raised suspicions that the girl had been defiled and the killer or killers wanted to eradicate traces of DNA, ” Area Assistant Chief, Charles Odongo said.
Security Watch Africa reports that the family of the girl looked everywhere, asked everyone for her.
The family therefore urged the government and the police to ensure justice is done in the matter.
“ I have reported the matter to Mbita Police. We want to know why someone decided to kill my daughter in this bad manner, ” Ojwang said.
Suba North Police Commander Charles Mwangi said they are following crucial leads to ensure the culprit or culprits are arrested.
The remains of the deceased were moved to Homa Bayounty mortuary for a postmortem.