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Ugandan marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei's ex-boyfriend and alleged killer Dickson Ndiema dies

Rebecca Cheptegei, 2022 World Mountain Running Champion.

Photo credit: Daily Monitor

Dickson Ndiema, the man accused of setting Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei on fire, leading to her death, is dead.

He died due to respiratory failure as a result of severe airway burns and sepsis at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hosptial in Eldoret.