University student mysteriously dies just FOUR days after admission
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Shock as first-year student mysteriously dies just four days after admission at Daystar University
Shock as first-year student mysteriously dies just four days after admission at Daystar University.
Mystery surrounds the death of a first-year student at Daystar University student whose body was found in a room at the institution.
Whereas police said Mercy Jerono Kwambai, 18, a Daystar University student, on the Athi River campus, died by suicide at a hostel in the Daystar area within Athi River South on September 8, 2023, the family suspected foul play.
On a fateful day, the father says his daughter had called her mother and said she would be home that evening because there was a party for first years happening at the school that she did not want to attend.
Moments later, the 18-year-old Cherono called her mother and said she had decided to stay and join the party because she couldn’t find transport home.
At 2 a.m., Kanda said he received a phone call every parent dreads; the school wanted the parents to rush to the institution immediately, and later directed them to head to Shalom Hospital in Kitengela, where their worst fears were confirmed – their beloved daughter was no more.
“I only admitted her at Daystar University on 4th September, and hardly four days passed before she was found dead,” narrated Kanda.
“That hostel that she was found in is not the hostel that I paid for. I had paid for a different hostel and she died in a different one, and this hostel does not even have CCTV cameras which could have tracked the movement of my child.”
The matter was reported to Athi River police station as a suicide incident report on September 9 at 3:15 a.m.
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Police said the incident was reported by the varsity’s security officers. They said the body of the female first-year student was found lying in a pool of blood at the Patience West hostel washroom at Daystar University.
Police officers and DCI personnel visited the scene and it was established that the deceased had locked herself inside the toilet and committed suicide by stabbing herself on the left side of the chest using a kitchen knife.
The deceased’s body according to the police was discovered by her fellow students who gained entry by jumping over the walls of the toilets and opening the door.
The scene was processed and documented by the officers before it was removed to Shalom Community Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem.
The family wants the matter to be investigated and possible suspects to be charged in court.
The family said the girl died under mysterious circumstances one week after admission.
“The university is advancing suicide which is not true. She was found dead inside the shared bathrooms of the university in Athi River.”
“They allege she stabbed herself which is not possible and this case needs to be exposed,” said a member of the family.
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