The body of an unidentified middle-aged woman has been found wrapped in a suitcase and dumped outside rental houses at Kamakis area on the Eastern Bypass in Ruiru, Kiambu County.
According to the authorities, the body – which is still fresh – had an injury on the right side of the face and on the right eye.
Police have hence claimed that the deceased might have been killed elsewhere and the body dropped in the area last night.
“Nobody has been able to identify the body; she looks like she was in her early twenties. There are no serious physical injuries apart from a slight one on the right side of her face, she may have been crushed on the wall,” Ruiru DCIO Justus Ombati told Citizen Digital.
Area residents led by Gikumari Chief Joseph Ndwiga condemned the act terming it as inhumane.
“We have never seen anything like this around here, we are very shocked and we ask relevant authorities to take up the matter for proper and conclusive investigation.” Ndwiga said.
Officers from Ruiru Police Station have collected evidence and details that will help them identify the body, and thereafter transferred it to City Mortuary for preservation pending autopsy.
