Baby found suckling dead mother in Tharaka-Nithi
A map of Tharaka-Nithi County. A baby was found suckling its dead mother in a bush on January 12, 2017. GRAPHIC | GOOGLE MAPS
A woman's naked body was found on Thursday in a thicket in Kibuka Village in Tharaka-Nithi County in a suspected case of rape and murder.
A child was also found suckling on the lifeless body.
Kibuka Assistant Chief Mathew Kabira said the incident was reported by a resident, Stephen Kinyua, who was walking along the Skylimit road when he heard a child crying from a nearby bush.
"On checking, he found a naked body of a female adult and a child suckling," Mr Kabira said.
He said the body was later identified to be that of Purity Kathomo from Tunyai Village.
The victim's clothes were not at the scene, with a police report stating that she might have been raped before being killed.
The body was taken to the Chuka County Referral Hospital mortuary.
Police are investigating the death.
