Man kills neighbours wife after his wife left
Tears and grief engulfed Masingo estate in the outskirts of Kakamega town after a middle aged man stabbed and killed his neighbors wife for allegedly cheating his own wife to leave her matrimonial home.
The residents woke up to a rude shock of a woman lying in a pool of blood and part of her internal organs spread besides her.
Addressing the press, eye witnesses said that the incident started with the wife of the accused parking her bags and leaving her matrimonial home saying that she was tired of the marriage.
Minutes later the husband Alex Wekesa Wafula who works over night returned home to an empty house and took on her neighbour Evelyn Achieng who was cleaning dishes.
They say that he demanded an explanation from the deceased who denied knowing anything before the war erupted that led to the stabbing.
The village elder by the name Abdullah Mohammed Nganyi told west media that the suspect had accused the deceased of leading his wife astray by taking her to night clubs while he was away on duty.
He explained that it is the reason behind the death, blaming the neighbours for being adamant in taking action whenever there is an attack in the estate saying that in most cases end up being tragic and neighbours should be vigilant to intervene in such cases.
The Kakamega county commander Rems Warui confirmed the incident and revealed that the suspect has since escaped promising that the police are working on getting him and will soon bring him to book.
The deceased’s body was taken to the Kakamega county hospital mortuary awaiting burial.