Last moments of Justice Odek,before being found dead in Kisumu

Piece by: Peninah Njoki
Lifestyle

The mysterious death of Justice Odek has left Kenyans in shock especially considering the way he died at his house in Groovehut Apartments.

Below is a break down of his last moments before he was found dead.

  1. He had arrived in Kisumu on Thursday as part of the Court of Appeal judges scheduled to hear cases in Western Kenya.

2. His driver dropped him at the apartment and left.

3. A confidential police report indicated that Odek left his apartment alone on Friday, drove to an unknown destination alone and drove back late on Friday.

4. Odek was found dead in the morning after the police broke in following calls and a fruitless search.

Odek was lying with one hand behind his head. Blood was oozing from his private parts and from his left ear and a hand was bruised, a police source who broke into the house said.

It had been locked from inside.

5. Kisumu Chief Magistrate Julius Ng'arnga'r had called Odek because he was to attend court and listen to appeals.

6. On Saturday, a househelp visited for a routine clean-up but nobody opened the door and she left.

“She rang the doorbell and there was no response.

It is suspected the judge could have died on Friday,” the source said.

7. Driver came to pick him to no avail

''When the driver came to pick him [in the morning] he found the door locked. He reported this at the Kisumu Central police station. The police had to break the door," chief magistrate Ng'arng'ar said.

The house was locked from inside with the keys and the judge's three phones inside. No one picked calls.

The judge stayed alone at serviced Groovehut Apartments, a stone's throw from the Kisumu Central police station.