Homicide detectives in Kiambu have launched a manhunt for an estranged man who stabbed a woman to death inside her house in a suspected love triangle case in Matopeni area within Kiambu County.
The assailant still at large is said to have arrived at the house of the 35 years old woman at 1am while the deceased was in the company of another man.
The man who was in the company of the slain woman is believed have escaped with stab wounds. However, his whereabouts remain unknown.
Preliminary police findings show she sustained a deep stab wound on the right side of the neck and succumbed to the injuries.
“It is suspected that the man in the company of the deceased also escaped with stab wounds,” stated police sources.
Scene of Crime officers from Thika cordoned off the house as a crime scene before moving the body to City Mortuary awaiting post-mortem.