Police in Nakuru are investigating an incident where a security guard was murdered and her head chopped off.
Investigators are also looking for a man who is said to have been cohabiting with the woman and has been missing along with the couple’s three year old daughter since the incident was reported.
The head has not been recovered by the detectives who are investigating the incident that has shocked residents of Bahati sub county.
Jackline Awuor left her home on Sunday morning for her workstation as usual, but her lifeless body was discovered dumped in a quarry in Bahati area a few hours later.
Portrait of Jackline Awour, a security guard who was allegedly beheaded by her husband in Bahati, Nakuru County. Police have launched a manhunt for the husband, who escaped with the head and their child.
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When she failed to report to her workstation for the morning shift without prior permission, her colleagues were alarmed as it was unusual.
Her supervisors tried to raise her on the phone, but the call did not go through as it was switched off. In desperation, they called her family members who were equally alarmed.
Nakuru North Subcounty police commander Charity Karimi confirmed the incident in an interview on Monday.
Ms Karimi stated that on Sunday, police received a report from the manager of a private security company that one of their employees had not reported to work and that her relatives had confirmed she left home in the morning as usual.
Ms Karimi said the report triggered a search which after several hours led to the discovery of the lifeless body dumped in a quarry.
“The body that was found in the quarry had its head chopped off and missing from the scene. Relatives of the missing woman have confirmed that the body was that of Awuor who was reported to be missing," Ms Karimi said.
The body, according to the police, had the official uniform of the security firm that had employed the missing woman, at the time it was discovered.
Before the body was discovered, the search party stumbled on gloves and earrings dumped a few metres from the scene of the incident.
Ms Karimi confirmed that police had not recovered the missing body part and that a search had been intensified. She appealed to the members of the public who might have information on the incident to volunteer it to the police.
Ann Atieno (left) is comforted by a neighbour on March 30, 2026, as she address the media following the murder of her sister, who was allegedly beheaded by her husband in Bahati, Nakuru County. Police have launched a manhunt for the man, who escaped with the head and their child.
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Ms Ann Atieno, the elder sister to Awuor (deceased) said that she received a call from her siblings that their sister was missing both at home and her workplace.
“The last time we were together with my sister was three weeks ago when she came to my house. She was stressed since she was to start leaving her daughter at a daycare," Ann said.
The man who is said to be missing, had lived with the deceased for four years, time within which, they sired a daughter who is now missing along with him.
The family has said that the deceased can not be buried without the missing head, which the police are yet to trace.
Relatives and friends of the deceased said she was known as a jovial person, but had recently been keeping to herself a lot in what might have pointed to underlying problems she was faced with, but had not made it public.
The Body has been moved to the Nakuru county referral hospital mortuary for preservation ahead of postmortem being conducted and subsequent release to the family for burial.
