Homicide detectives attached to the Directorate of Criminal investigations (DCI) in Meru are investigating murder most foul involving a 40-year-old woman who was killed in a fight with ex-lover in Meru.
The suspect, a former boyfriend has since been arrested.
The estranged former lover is reportedly said to have smashed the woman’s head after she allegedly tried to break into his house in Muringombugi village, police said.
The man claimed the deceased went to his house armed with a stone and started to remove a television set, welding machine, and grinder to sell them.
This prompted a fight between the two that left the woman with serious injuries in the head.
The man later reported the matter before arriving at the house where they found the woman with serious head injuries.
He told police they had differed months ago and the woman moved out of the house only for her to resurface on Tuesday.
Police said two stools, a stone, and a white tablecloth with bloodstains were recovered and kept as exhibits as murder weapons.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.
Police said the suspect was expected in court where they intended to ask for more days to enable them to complete their probe.
