Nakuru Police Officer Dumped By 2 Wives After Altercation Found Dead

• The police officer who lived with his two daughters often told them that his life was coming to an end
• According to reports, the man became overly stressed when his two wives cut off ties with him recently
• His elder daughter, aged 16, stumbled upon her father's body inside an incomplete building while looking for him

A Nakuru-based police constable was found dead by his two daughters, aged 16 and 12, who he lived with.

What caused the man's death?

According to a police report seen by TUKO.co.ke, the man experienced stress after his two wives ended their relationship with him following a family dispute.

"Two of his wives had left sometime back after a dispute. Further it was also established from the reportee that the deceased had been sickly and depressed and that on various occasions he had said to them that his life was coming to an end soon," the report read in part.

The report further indicated that the man became depressed and often told his children that he wouldn't be around for long.

On Wednesday, May 8, he left his children in the house and went to a nearby house that was still under construction, never to come out alive again.

Who found the man?

The report further stated that the man's eldest daughter went out looking for her father only to stumble upon his lifeless body at the incomplete house.

This is when she reported the incident at Mwariki police station. The police went to the scene, where they assessed the situation.

The report further stated that the deceased had not sustained any form of bodily harm.

His body was later taken to PNN mortuary in Nakuru.

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Meru police officer found dead

On December 27, 2023, a police officer stationed at the Ngusishi police post in Timau was discovered dead in his house.

Preliminary investigations by officers from the Timau Police Station pointed to fatal self-harm by the deceased.

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