Two held over the rape, murder of 52-yr-old woman
Oct 18, 2020
The victim was trailed by the suspects from a bar
The Police is holding two suspects over the death of Rovanis Chesang Cherotich, 52, a resident of Chemomul village Kween district.
Preliminary Police findings indicate that Cherotich was trailed by the suspects from a bar she had been to and raped her before murdering her at Kaseko village.
Those arrested are Stephen Chesakit and Robert Chelangat while others who are alleged followed her have been detained to help the Police with investigations.
"They attacked, raped and later strangled her to death before they fled the scene," a Police report seen by the New Vision read in part.
The body of the deceased has been taken to Kapchorwa Hospital for a postmortem.