13/01/2025
๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ข,
Body of woman reported missing has been found in Gataka forest Ongata Rongai.
Lydia Tokesi has been missing for the last one week. Detectives who were pursuing crucial leads into her whereabouts.
The a mutilated female body was found dumped in the forest with body parts missing.
Lydiaโs family preliminarily identified the body as that of Lydia Tokesi, a Moi University graduate. She had been murdered and some body parts were missing.
The body had started decomposing and with the missing body parts, they have to be certain.
Wounds on the body indicate the painful torture that her killer took her through by systematically cutting some body parts before she breathed her last.
Daniel Shikoli, Lydiaโs brother said they are waiting for the DNA process to help identify the body, the suspect Joseph Philip Orwa was with Lydia last.
Police have zeroed in on this man Orwa is a longtime boyfriend of the deceased, having dated for over eight years since their campus life at Moi University.
Investigations reveal the suspect invited the girl to his place in Ongata Rongai where the two stayed until the 4th of January, when Lydia was reported missing.
Police visited the house and conducted a search where crucial evidence was recovered, among them several SIM cards, alcohol, Lydia's clothes and shoes.
There was also a love letter that revealed the two had a struggling relationship. Police are looking forward to grilling several people considered to be persons of interest as they critically analyse CCTV footage in the locality.
Lydiaโs family has also revealed the secretive and only girl in her family, had taken a bank loan and purchased a motor vehicle for the suspected-killer boyfriend.
The suspect worked with the vehicle as a taxi driver. When all was done and dusted, he ditched the car a few kilometres from Lydiaโs parentโs home.
The vehicle was recovered and it had blood stains but Lydiaโs lover was nowhere to be seen. A multi-agency team of detectives from the Nairobi area, Ongata Rongai and Dagoretti North combed Gataka forest on Sunday in pursuit of leads as they analysed every move and data to apprehend the suspect responsible for Lydiaโs tragic murder
