Autopsy report reveals painful last moments of Shakahola victims
Autopsy report by Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor reveals how Shakahola victims suffered before they died
Autopsy report by Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor reveals how Shakahola victims suffered before they died.
On Monday, May 1, Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor described the suffering that the Shakahola massacre victims endured before they passed away.
Oduor according to his report said that some of the victims asphyxiated after doing an autopsy on the first 10 bodies.
This is a situation when the body doesn’t get enough oxygen, which causes asphyxia.
“Two of them had cyanosis- a bluish discoloration of fingernails and by inference, we can confirm that it was caused by asphyxiation, ” Oduor noted.
Findings from other bodies confirmed the fasting-to-death narrative established during preliminary investigations.
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“Generally, most of them had features of starvation. We saw individuals who had no food in the stomach and the layer of fat was small in the stomach but their liver was fatty, indicating starvation,” the Chief Pathologist added
Notably, he revealed that the process of identifying the bodies would take longer than expected.
“DNA is not a process that takes a short time as it may take up to one month to return positive or negative results,” Oduor explained.
Meanwhile, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki revealed that the police would focus on whether any organs were missing from the deceased.
Kindiki reiterated that if the suspicion that the bodies recovered in the Shakahola massacre were victims of an organ trafficking ring, then he would bring the perpetrators to book.
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