DCI pursues suspect after Form Four student killed inside Molo home

According to a police report, Joy Wangui was found dead inside the family's house on September 4, 2026, shortly after her brother returned from a nearby shop.

Police in Molo, Nakuru County, have launched a manhunt for a suspect following the brutal killing of an 18-year-old Form Four student at her home in Kiambaa area.

According to a police report, Joy Wangui was found dead inside the family's house on September 4, 2026, shortly after her brother returned from a nearby shop.

The brother told police that he had left Wangui in the house and went to the shop, only to find her dead upon his return.

Officers from Molo Police Station and detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) subsequently visited the scene, where they found the teenager's body in the kitchen.

Police said the victim had been decapitated, with her head found in a corridor inside the house.

An axe, a panga and two knives, all stained with what police suspected to be blood, were also recovered near the body and taken as evidence.

Investigators further reported finding a message written on a wall using what they believe was the victim's blood.

Preliminary investigations identified Wangui as a Form Four student at Molo Secondary School.

Police said they are pursuing a man identified as Walter Kipkoech, whom they described as the deceased's boyfriend and the main suspect in the killing.

According to investigators, the suspect allegedly fled to an unknown location shortly after the incident.

The scene was processed before Wangui's body was moved to the Molo Sub-County Hospital mortuary pending a postmortem examination.

Police said a search of the surrounding area had not resulted in an arrest by the time the initial report was filed.

DCI officers in Molo are investigating the killing as efforts to trace and arrest the suspect continue.