Autopsy reveals cause of K.U student June Jerop’s death as family holds memorial service
An autopsy report conducted on the body of a
36-year-old woman who was found murdered and her badly deformed body dumped in
Jamhuri estate, Nairobi, has revealed that she died due to severe bleeding
after she was stabbed in the chest, thereby rupturing the heart.
June Jerop Kangogo went missing on the 18th
of last month before her body was discovered by pedestrians in Jamhuri two days
later.
Three suspects, including her boyfriend, are
in police custody in connection with the murder.
A memorial service of the late Jerop was on
Thursday held at the Montezuma Monalisa in Nairobi, almost three weeks since
she was found murdered.
The emotional memorial service was attended
by family, friends and colleagues who are yet to come to terms with the sudden
loss.
Jerop’s boyfriend Jessie Wafula is among three
people in police custody after they were arrested in Landmawe area on the 24th
of March; 6 days after Jerop was reported missing.
Detectives investigating the murder case say
the main suspect - Jessie Wafula - picked the deceased in her Liberty Gardens
apartment in South B on 19th March.
They are captured on CCTV cameras in Imara Daima,
then in Mlolongo area before the deceased went missing without a trace. She had
spoken with her sister a day before she went missing.
The deceased’s sister Joyce Jepkemboi said: “It was on a Saturday that I last spoke to her…she
was in a jovial mood and she didn’t sound like there was something amiss.”
The same day Jerop is reported to have been
murdered, the main suspect Wafula travelled more than 400km away from the
murder scene to Bungoma County, dumping his Mercedes Benz car before returning
to Nairobi on the 24th using public transport.
He was arrested upon arrival together with
his accomplices Allan Wafula and Timothy Masika. It is believed that the
suspect used the vehicle to ferry and dispose of Jerop's body near Jamhuri
Primary School.
OCPD Judith
Nyongesa said: “They were all arraigned on the 27th March and we’ve sought
miscellaneous application to detain them for 14 more days.”
The family of the deceased, an accountant at
the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) and a Master of Business Administration
(MBA) student at Kenyatta University, have called on the police to fast-track
the investigations and bring her killers to book.
Jerop will be laid to rest on Saturday in
Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.
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