22-year-old Woman Dorcas Musiya Found Dead, Body Dumped in Kakamega Forest

Days after Sharon Otieno's body was found dumped at Kodera forest in Homabay County, another woman's body was on Sunday discovered, this time in Kakamega forest.

The body of Dorice Musiya (22) was found mutilated by two women who had gone to fetch firewood in the tropical rainforest.

Confirming the incident, County DCI Commander John Onyango stated that they found a rope next to the body indicating that the woman might have been strangled.

“We have been told she left home as late as 6 pm to fetch firewood in the forest. We haven’t found any evidence she was raped,” he told journalists adding that investigations were still ongoing.

The women who found the body in Mahiakhalo ward in Lurambi sub-county believed that she was raped before her assailants killed her stating:  “She was naked and we think she might have been raped."

According to family sources, the deceased had recently gone through a complicated birth.

In the meantime, investigations into Sharon's death are still ongoing as postmortem results revealed that Sharon was strangled, stabbed eight times and possibly raped by her assailants. 

Government Chief Pathologist Johansen Oduor established that there were elements of rape surrounding Sharon’s death. 

"Sharon was stabbed three times on the neck, four times on the back and on the left side of the abdomen," he told journalists after concluding the autopsy on Friday.

Dr Oduor further noted that the student had several other bruises indicating there was a struggle before she was killed.

Used condoms were also found around where her body was discovered.

 

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