Mount Kenya Student Found Dead Hours After Man Called Parents Asking For KSh 27k To Free Her

• Nineteen-year-old Faith Musembi, an MKU student, was killed inside her rented house in Thika town last Wednesday
• Her tormentors had demanded upward of KSh 20,000 as ransom from the deceased's family before killing her
• Faith's body was found in the room with blood oozing from the nose; she also appeared to have bitten her tongue.

Kai Eli, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

Kiambu: Police are investigating the murder of a Mount Kenya University student who was found murdered in her rented house in Thika.

Nineteen-year-old Faith Musembi was killed on Wednesday, May 8, in the Pilot Estate in Thika town.

Her tormentors had demanded upward of KSh 27,000 ransom before they killed her, her father Boniface Musembi revealed.

Speaking to the press, Musembi explained that the suspects used his daughter's phone while making their demands.

Why Thika police ruled out report before student's murder

Faith's mother would oblige and send the money; this as they reported the matter to the police.

But the officers at the Thika Police Station ruled out the report, concluding that Faith's tormentors were playing a prank on her family, Citizen TV reported.

On Thursday, May 9, Musembi made his way to his daughter's house on whose door he found a padlock.

They used a hacksaw to break into the house, where they stumbled on their kin's lifeless body.

Blood was seen oozing from the mouth, with the deceased appearing to have bitten her tongue.

The body was ferried to the General Kago Hospital morgue, where an autopsy was conducted.

The findings were that Faith succumbed to excessive bleeding after an instance of placental abruption; it detached itself, causing the bleeding.

Meanwhile, excerpts of the suspects and the deceased's family conversation emerged showing the demands before the murder.

The suspected killers faulted their victim's parents for failing to give in to their demands.

Mysterious deaths of university students have been reported en masse in recent days.

JKUAT student's death

A few weeks back, a JKUAT student died after falling off a building within the university.

Michael Muoki Mutisya, a first-year computer science student, confided in his parents about the overwhelming challenges he faced, expressing his desire to end his life.

Acting swiftly, his parents rushed to the university and visited him at the Ndovu Hostel (Hall Six), engaging in a conversation where they mutually agreed to address his struggles together at home.

However, while purportedly going to pack his belongings, he slipped away to the restroom, where the unfortunate incident occurred, leading to his traumatising fall.

Muoki was pronounced dead at the JKUAT Hospital, where efforts to save his life had failed.

Proofreading by Asher Omondi, current affairs journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.