A 72-year-old woman was found dead on Monday, June 6 in her home at Nyayo Estate, Embakasi, after a long round of fasting and prayer.
Nairobi Police are investigating the incident which saw Catherine Kibara’s body found lying dead on her bed after she had gone missing. According to her relatives, the deceased woman lived alone and it was uncommon of her not to pick up calls, thence, they went looking for her at her house which they found locked from the inside.
The relatives were forced to break the door of her house, and upon entering discovered her lifeless body lying on the bed.
In addition, police officers who arrived at the scene reported that they found a register showing she had been fasting and praying since May, 18 2022, hence suspected she died of starvation.
An autopsy to determine how she died is yet to be carried out.