Blood clot found in the brain of ex-LinkedIn boss as police probe her death
An autopsy on the body of former LinkedIn Africa boss Thogori Chege Karago has revealed that blood clot was found in her brain but did not establish that they were the cause of death.
The autopsy was found to be inconclusive prompting the police to take the results for further analysis.
“Her samples were taken for further analysis, and we hope to get the results after two weeks,” said Kilimani police boss Muturi Mbogo.
The 33-year-old, who doubled up as a Senior Software Engineer and Product Manager at the company, was found lifeless in a room at the Radisson Blu hotel in Nairobi on Friday.
Confirming the incident, Mbogo said the deceased was alone at the time of her demise, but preliminary investigations indicated that she was suffering from diabetes.
“There are indications she was diabetic but that is subject to further investigations. For now, we treat it as natural and sudden death,” he said.
Her room was found locked from inside. She was alone.
Mbogo said the woman did not have any physical injuries at that time.
Thogori served as the Head of Research and Development at LinkedIn Africa between 2014 and 2018.
She was responsible for overseeing LinkedIn’s growth on the African continent, in line with the company’s vision to create economic opportunities for every member of the global workforce.
Until her death, Thogori was a senior software engineer, a highly sought-after start-up angel investor, product manager, advisor and sat on the advisory board of six start-ups led by minority founders.
She was the founder of SpeakEasy, a content creator accelerator and marketplace which focused on amplifying the voices of women and children’s creators.
According to her LinkedIn profile, she was on the leadership committee at AIESEC Malaysia, she was also a graduate teaching assistant at Carnegie Mellon College and was an advisory board member at Xerox.
