The couple and their son were arrested after the girl died in hospital. A clinical officer at Coptic hospital told detectives that on May 20 at around 9pm, the hospital received a 15-year-old patient, who was a student at Kiteta Girls Secondary in Mbooni, Makueni County. The father then took her back home to Jamhuri showground quarters. The clinical officer said her entire body had bruises, a sign that she had been grievously assaulted. The body is awaiting postmortem at the Coptic hospital morgue.

Source: The Star May 22, 2021 10:18 UTC