Pathologists conducting autopsies on the 110 bodies retrieved from Shakahola forest managed to examine the remains of 24 victims on Thursday, May 4.
According to government pathologist Johansen Odour, one of the victims was a woman who suffered complications while delivering.
The woman was said to have bled profusely while giving birth. She reportedly passed on and was buried in Shakahola in Malindi, Kilifi County.
"We found one lady. She had delivered recently, and there were what looked like complications of the delivery. She bled in the uterus," Odour stated.
The new autopsy report gave the case a new shift as previous reports majorly indicated that victims had features of strangulation and asphyxiation.
Following the discovery, the homicide detectives were expected to expand the scope of the investigation to establish how different victims died before being buried in Shakahola.
However, Odour indicated that most of the other victims portrayed signs of starvation, while two others died due to blunt trauma to the head.
"Most of them had severely decomposed, and that of the cause of death, we found out that most of them had signs of starvation," he stated.
He added that their level of decomposition showed that they were buried at different times.
The government pathologist also pleaded with members of the public to come forth and identify the bodies retrieved from Shakahola graves.
Odour observed that reporting and DNA collection would speed up the identification process from the over 110 bodies retrieved.
On Wednesday, May 3, the autopsy results indicated that one adult was found to have heart and kidney conditions which probably had gone to seek divine healing in Shakahola. Children victims had some features of strangulation and asphyxiation.
"We found that a woman had kidney and heart condition which probably means that she had gone for a healing miracle before she was forced to fast," Odour told the media.
The pathology team did not report nor speak on any cases of organ harvesting. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki had vowed to inform the nation if any case of organ harvesting was recorded.
To also expedite the probe into the mass deaths, Kindiki transferred police bosses from Kilifi County. He also scaled up the operation, including deploying helicopters to survey the area.
He further imposed a curfew in the area allowing the law enforcement officers to conclude investigations linking Pastor Paul Mackenzie to the mass deaths.
