What kind of monster would snatch a tiny, helpless boy from her parents? and what kind of kidnappers would fail to demand a ransom? That is what residents of Naivasha have been wondering.
It was every parent’s worst nightmare but unknown to them, the devil was withing.
A search for a missing minor has ended in the suspect’s house where the body was found before members of the public lynched him before setting the family houses on fire.
The missing boy was found in his home on Sunday morning when irate members broke into the house they suspected. Angry residents of Kinamba estate in Naivasha lynch man after the body of missing 9-year-old boy is found inside his house.
Trouble started on Saturday when the class two student went missing while playing, with many suspecting the man of committing the crime.
It’s feared that the suspect s3xually abused the minor who went missing on Saturday before the body was found under his bed on Sunday morning.
A neighbor James Mwangi said that efforts to search the suspect’s house failed after he closed the gate to the main house.
But on Sunday morning, the residents angered and concerned over the fate of the missing minor decided to break into the house according to Mwangi.
“On checking the house we found the semi-naked body of the minor lying under the bed and members of the public turned against the accused, beating him to death,” he said.
Another witness Ann Wambui termed the actions by the suspect to sodomize the minor and later murder him as beastly adding that he deserved to be lynched.
She noted that the suspect who was a casual laborer in the estate located 10kms from Naivasha town was using drugs before he committed the act.
“He first threatened us with death if we dared enter the house on Saturday evening but we had feelings that he knew the whereabouts of the boy,” she said.