Kwale: 85-Year-Old Woman Killed, KSh 350k Stolen As Police Arrest Grandson

• On Wednesday, May 22, police in Kwale arrested a 25-year-old man linked to the murder of his 85-year-old grandmother
• Kwale County Police Commander Stephen Ng'etich said the woman had received KSh 350,000 moments before she was murdered
• Ng'etich said the main suspect was found with KSh 270,000 at a local joint but could not explain where he got the money

Amos Khaemba, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

Kwale - Police in Kwale county have launched investigations following the gruesome murder of an 85-year-old woman in Lunga Lunga.

Citizen Digital reported that the elderly woman was strangled to death in her house and had KSh 350,000 stolen from her.

Why police in Kwale are treating woman's grandson as a suspect

The police report indicates that the woman had received royalties from Australia-based mining firm Base Titanium moments before her death.

Kwale County Police Commander Stephen Ng'etich said a 25-year-old man, the grandson of the elderly woman, is being treated as the main suspect.

Ng'etich disclosed that officers found the man and the cash missing when they arrived at the scene.

After mounting a search, detectives found the suspect was drinking alcohol at a local entertainment joint.

The suspect was arrested after police discovered he had KSh 270,000, whose source he failed to account for.

How Kirinyaga man's food led to his father's tragic death

Meanwhile, a man was detained at the Kagumo-ini Police Station after confessing to killing his father on the evening of Monday, May 20.

The 35-year-old presented himself at the station of his own volition.

Sources indicate that upon his father turning down his request for the evening meal, the irked middle-aged suspect took up a hammer and descended on him.

The victim succumbed to the injuries on the spot, with the body left lying in a pool of blood within the homestead.

The body was later ferried to a morgue by the police, who immediately embarked on their investigations.

The suspect is set to be arraigned at a court in Kangema within Murang'a county to answer to the murder charge.

Proofreading by Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke