Kisii: Man arrested for allegedly killing girlfriend in suspected love triangle

Police in Kisii are holding a middle-aged man for the murder of a 22-year-old first year Kisii Polytechnic student described as his ex-girlfriend.

Stephen Orengo is said to have trailed Lucy Boke to her home on Thursday night and murdered her over what neighbours and friends of the female student described as a love gone sour.

The suspect travelled from his home in Kuria West where he is on industrial attachment to Kisii's Jogoo Estate to commit a crime armed with a sharp kitchen knife.

Mary Akinyi, one of Lucy’s best friends, is yet to come to terms with what happened to her best friend who was to celebrate her birthday next week.

“Sasa jana wakitoka shule huyo kijana alikuwa akitoka shule na kumbe alikuwa anamfuata nyuma ata mvua ilikuwa inamyeshea hapa…alikataa kuenda ndio akamsukuma Lucy ndani ya nyumba na akaanza kumpiga,” Akinyi explained.

Neighbours at the scene say it was the first time they saw him around, unaware of his intentions to commit the vile act.

Lucy was murdered in her friend's house.

Everything in the room was scattered, stains of blood on the floor as an indication of a fierce fight before her estranged boyfriend overpowered Boke. 

“Tulipata amefunga nyumba kutoka ndani, wanafunzi walikuja wakaanza kubomoa nyumba ndio wakapata Lucy amekufa na kijana alimfunika na na leso ya Maasai,” Ann Nyatichi a neighbour, said.

Akinyi added: “Kuna siku aliniambia kwamba boyfriend wake hataki kushughulikia mtoto wa 9 months ndio alisema kama hawezi shughulikia mtoto basi waachane tu.”

Detectives from Kisii Central Police Station combed the area and collected the kitchen knife that the suspect allegedly used to commit the murder.

“Hii kisu tulipata ikiwa na damu labda ndio ilitumika katika kisa hicho, we're told the suspect had come to visit the lady from Migori,” Kisii Central sub-county Police Commander Isaac Kimwele said.

The suspect is currently at the Kisii Police Station as the police call on the youth to handle their disputes in a better way.

“It's so painful losing such a young lady, the younger generation needs to learn how to deal with matters relationship,” Kimwele noted.

The body of the deceased is lying at the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital awaiting autopsy.