Woman raped, killed and dumped in bush

Homa Bay, Kenya: A 25-year-old woman has been raped and killed by unknown people in Homa Bay County.

Eunice Aoko was killed over the weekend at Lwala Sub Location, Gwassi East Location in Suba sub-county. Her family said she was last seen on Saturday night when she went to sleep in the house of her 60-year-old grandmother.

The grandmother told residents that she left Aoko sleeping in the sitting room that night as usual and did not hear any movement in the house. When she woke up, however, the girl was missing. Her body was later to be found in a nearby bush.

Suba OCPD Richard Kaptum said preliminary investigations revealed that the woman was raped before her death. Kaptum said the body had no physical injuries.