Headless Body Of Infant Found In A Farm

Category: Crime News

 

Residents of Gacuki village in Embu county, Kenya were on Saturday, January 28, 2023, left astonished after they spotted a decapitated body of an infant dumped at a nearby farm.

According to Susan Wangari who first saw the body while she was harvesting beans at her farm, the infant was lying in a pool of blood.

“It was very clear that someone chopped off the head of the child, it is inhuman to kill a newborn baby in such a brutal manner,” she told the Nation.

Wangari alerted neighbors who called the police.

Embu East Sub-County police commander Emmanuel Okanda affirmed that investigations have been launched to establish who killed the baby. He reiterated that the police would not rest until the baby gets the justice it deserves.

Okanda further stated that a search for the baby’s head was being conducted.
“We have commenced investigations into the incident and we are appealing to the villagers to assist us in exposing the killer,” he stated.

“This is a very serious matter and we shall not rest until the culprit is identified and brought to book,”

The residents expressed shock and urged police to respond swiftly on the matter.

Meanwhile, the body of the deceased was moved to the Embu referral hospital mortuary.