A Catholic Priest allegedly suffocated a mother and her son to death before he committed suicide in Kenya, FaceofMalawi has learned.
Investigations into the matter reveal that Kelvin Kipkoech first killed Charity Cheboi (35) and her son Allan by suffocating them before taking his own life.
It was established that Kipkoech had locked himself in the toilet using a lock where his body was found.
âHad there been another party in the house, there is no way he could have locked the toilet from the inside. It seems it is the deceased man who locked it to enhance his mission to die,â said one officer involved in the probe.
Jogoo Road Murders: Priest Smothered Woman And Her Son Before Killing Himself
According to the Star newspaper, police sources said the adult male victim, a Catholic priest identified as Kevin Kipkoech, first killed Charity Cheboi and her son Allan Kipngetich by suffocating them before he committed suicide hours later.
A team investigating the case revisited the crime scene on Saturday, February 27 before arriving at the conclusion.
The detectives reportedly established Kipkoech had locked himself in the toilet using a lock.
“Had there been another party in the house there is no way he or she could have locked the toilet from inside. It seems it is the deceased man who locked it to enhance his mission to die,” said one officer.
THE STANDARD
Elijah Kimaiyo and his wife Beatrice Kimaiyo mourn their son Kelvin Kipkoech at Ngobitwa-Chemoset village Uasin Gishu County yesterday. Kipkoech s body was found in Government Quarters Jogoo road in Nairobi on Tuesday. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]
A man who was found dead alongside a woman and a child in Government Quarters on Jogoo Road, Nairobi on Tuesday was a seminarian due to graduate as a Catholic priest this year.
This came as detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Homicide Unit joined the probe into the mysterious killings of Charity Cherop Cheboi, 34, her son Allan Kipng’etich, eight, and boyfriend Kelvin Kipkoech, 30.