Man hacks wife, 3 children after row
Police in Kisumu are looking for a man who hacked to death his wife and three children, two boys and a girl, on Saturday night at Nyalenda Slums.
Neighbours said that the man, James Ochieng, a boda-boda operator, had been living with the woman, Pamela Orawo, whom he inherited from a deceased relative six years ago.
“We woke up in the morning and spotted blood spots at the door step of the house and when we pushed the door open, we found the bodies of the two boys, Brian Otieno 9, Michael Obwago 12 and a girl Winny Adhiambo15 lying on the floor,” a neighbour, Samuel Ocholla, said.
The neighbours said that they did not hear any screams from the house at night due to a heavy downpour.
Kisumu OCPD John Mwinzi, who visited the scene of the crime, said that the man raped the teenage girl, though it is yet to establish whether the rape was committed before or after the murder.
A machete, suspected to be the murder weapon, was found on the floor of the house.
“This is a very bizarre incident and we will not rest until we have found the man. We are therefore asking members of the public to inform the police when they spot him,” Mr Mwinzi said.
According to the neighbours, the woman had lived in the house for over fourteen years.
Mr Samson Odhiambo, a brother to Pamela’s deceased husband, said that Ochieng had inherited the woman with all the children. He had not sired any children with Pamela.
The bodies of the deceased were taken to New Nyanza Provincial Hospital mortuary.
