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Kirinyaga couple arrested for living with decomposing body hoping it will resurrect

Mwea East police cruiser at a past crime scene. [File, Standard]

A couple in Kirinyaga County is in police custody after they were arrested following the discovery of a decomposing body at their home in Mutithi village, Mwea West.

James Muchira, 45, and his wife Stella Wanjiru, 44, were arrested after their kin raised the alarm over the disappearance of their patriarch, 67-year-old Tabitha Wakathate.

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