Female university student found dead in her room at a hostel in Nairobi
Detectives are investigating an incident where a female student was found dead in a private hostel at Kasarani, Nairobi.
Detectives are investigating an incident where a female student was found dead in a private hostel at Kasarani, Nairobi.
Police said Erika Kinyua was a student in one of the local institutions. She was found dead in her room on Friday, October 24, afternoon, long after she had died.
The cause of the death is yet to be known, police said. Her relative, who was concerned that she was not responding to her calls, rushed to the hostels and alerted security, seeking their help to establish why she was unresponsive.
It was then that the team went to check her room, where they found her dead. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other investigations into the death.
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Elsewhere, a man died after falling from the fifth floor of an apartment in the Pipeline area, Nairobi. Police said Blair Makau, 27, was standing on his balcony on the evening of October 23, 2025, when he slid off and fell.
He landed headfirst, sustaining serious injuries. He also had a broken left leg. He had blood oozing from his ears, police said.
He was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. Police said they are investigating the incident.
And a fisherman drowned while on duty at Lake Victoria’s Muhuru Bay, Migori County. The body of Wickliffe Ouma, 23, was found after the incident on October 23, 2025.
He drowned within Migingo Island before the body was discovered floating on the water. The body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.
Meanwhile, police are investigating an incident where the body of a man who was missing was found in a dam in Elburgon, Molo, Nakuru County.
The man identified as Samuel Ngugi went missing on October 22, 2025, and the matter was reported to the local station.
His body was found at Karia Dam within the Ndimu area of Elburgon the following day, police said. He is suspected to have died by suicide.
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