Police are investigating a suspected murder of a 61-year-old woman whose body was found in her house in Kiminini, Bungoma County.
Jane Wanjiru stayed alone in a house in Mulembe village where the incident happened on Sunday night.
A team of detectives responded to the scene after being informed a decomposed body was lying there.
The body was found with a visible sharp object injury on the head.
Police moved the body to the mortuary pending autopsy and further probe.
The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police said, Tuesday, adding that a probe is ongoing.
A relative of the deceased woman called police to alert them of the incident, police said.
Meanwhile, police are pursuing a group that lynched a man they claimed was stealing potatoes from a farm in the Olokurto area, Narok County.
Police said mob lynching is criminal and want suspects to be surrendered to authorities for processing.
The deceased David Sadera, 25 was accused of stealing Irish potatoes from a farm neighbouring his house.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending further probe and hunt on the gang accused of the incident.
Cases of mob lynching have been on the rise in the past few days amid calls for suspects to be surrendered to authorities for processing.
Police have warned those arrested over mob lynching will face serious charges including murder.
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