Preliminary investigations into the mysterious disappearance and death of a switchboard operator at Nation Media have brought forth chilling details. According to information from City Mortuary where the body of Mildred Akinyi Odira was discovered on the morning of Monday, February 4, the deceased had two visible wounds on her face.
The lower section of her face was crashed and her trouser torn from the top. Her inner wear was partly lowered. As earlier reported, Akinyi went out of radar on the morning of Tuesday, January 29.
She was en route to Ruaraka Uhai Neema Hospital from her place of residence in Kariobangi. Before heading to the health facility, Akinyi informed security guards manning the premise where she lived that she was sick. She had been diagonised with hypertension, ulcers and diabetes. The guards contacted a taxi driver to come and rush her to hospital for examination.
She, however, remained unreached and attempts to trace her at the hospital were futile. According to her sister, Maureen Anyango, she discovered all was not well when Akinyi’s son failed to report to school. The young one stated that her mother left the house early in the morning but never returned. “We saw her son come to our house in the morning and we asked him why he had not gone to school. He then informed us that her mother had left very early in the morning. That is when we started inquiring about her whereabouts,” said Anyango.
When probed, the taxi driver provided conflicting information regarding his trip with Akinyi to the hospital prompting police to arrest him. It emerged the woman’s body was brought at the morgue by police officers at 6:31am on the same day she went missing . Sources said her body was collected around Mwiki. The family called on investigators to expedite the probe. An autopsy is yet to be conducted to establish cause of injuries observed on Akinyi’s body and what might have led to her death.