Six-year-old girl found dead after going missing
Police are investigating an incident in which a six-year-old girl was found dead in what is suspected to be a murder in the Rapsu area, Isiolo County.
Police are investigating an incident in which a six-year-old girl was found dead in what is suspected to be a murder in the Rapsu area, Isiolo County.
The girl had been reported missing on April 5 before her decomposed body was discovered three days later, police said.
She was a PP1 pupil.
The motive of the murder was not immediately known.
The girl is said to have been on her way to a madrassa on the day she went missing, police said, adding that the body was naked when it was discovered.
It was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
A team of detectives from Garbatulla visited the scene as part of investigations into the murder.
In a separate incident, a 40-year-old man who had been reported missing earlier this week was found dead in a river in Githunguri Sub-county, Kiambu County.
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According to police, the body of Joseph Ndungu Kimanjara was discovered on Thursday morning at Kiberethi–Thuita River.
Kimanjara had gone missing on Monday, April 6, 2026, and a missing person report was filed at Gatiiguru Police Post on April 8.
Police officers from Kibichoi Police Station, accompanied by scenes of crime personnel from Githunguri, visited and processed the scene. The body had visible injuries on the face.
The remains were moved to Kigumo Level 4 Hospital mortuary, where they are awaiting postmortem examination to establish the cause of death. Investigations into the incident are ongoing.
Meanwhile, a police reservist was shot and wounded during a clash with gunmen who had stolen livestock in Kinna area, Isiolo County.
The victim was shot in the left leg below the knee, police said, adding he was in stable condition after the April 8 incident.
A team was pursuing livestock that had earlier been stolen from Mutuati area when they were ambushed.
The attackers escaped after the injured reservist’s colleagues stood their ground and engaged them in a shootout.
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