Benson Barasa points at his late brother Thomas Barasa's house in Luanda village, Kanduyi constituency, on June 12, 2017. His widowed sister-in-law has been arrested following the death of her son in a locked car. PHOTO | TITUS OTEBA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
He had severe injuries in the head, stomach and chest that were probably inflicted using a blunt object.
Police have since said they are pursuing murder charges and have detained the boy’s mother and her lover.
The woman’s mother, Petronilla Naliaka, expressed shock at the turn of events.
The nine-year-old boy found dead in a car at a bar parking yard in Bungoma was most likely bludgeoned to death, going by post-mortem results.
He had severe injuries in the head, stomach and chest that were probably inflicted using a blunt object, a medic privy to the post-mortem told the Nation.
