The body of the Moi University graduate who went missing 9 days ago was found in a thicket in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County, on January 12.
The 29-year-old Lydia Tokesi had reportedly gone missing for more than one week with the last time spotted alive on January 4 this year.
Her mutilated body, which had serious signs of torture, was retrieved at Gataka Forest.
Investigations into her disappearance and subsequent murder have officially started and a DNA test is expected to be carried out to ascertain the identity of the body.
“The state of the body was so bad. You couldn’t really identify it. It was missing some parts. It was found in a thicket. We’re waiting for the DNA tests to know if that body is Lydia’s. After that, we’ll get to know what happened,” Daniel Shikoli, the brother to Tokesi, told the press.
Reports indicate that Lydia was with her boyfriend on Saturday, January 4, whom she had been dating for over eight years.
Moreover, Investigations revealed that Lydia stayed with the suspect until the said date when she was reported missing mysteriously.
According to the family, Tokesi had taken a bank loan and purchased a motor vehicle for the suspected killer boyfriend who operated it as a taxi in Nairobi.
The said vehicle was found abandoned near Lydia’s parents’ home with bloodstains raising questions over what might have transpired.
Sleuths have since launched a manhunt for the suspect who is still at large.
As part of the investigations, detectives raided the suspect’s house in Ongata Rongai and recovered several exhibits, which they believe will be instrumental in unraveling the details of the murder.
