Detectives have launched a manhunt for a General Service Unit (GSU) officer suspected of killing a man he caught sleeping with his wife.
In the incident, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) stated that the officer was embroiled in a physical altercation with the deceased Henry Cheruiyot, 29, moments after he arrived home and caught him harvesting from his pot on August 22, 2022.
"The General Service Unit officer had proceeded home on leave in Tinderet, Nandi County, where he is believed to have found the deceased Henry Cheruiyot, 29, reaping where he hadn't sown, on the night of August 22, 2022,
"An altercation then ensued, and the paramilitary commando is believed to have descended on the man with an avalanche of heavy blows and kicks before leaving him for dead and taking flight," DCI stated.
The deceased was found lying helpless and rushed to a nearby health facility by well-wishers.
However, his condition deteriorated, forcing him to be transferred to Nandi county hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries after efforts by doctors to keep him alive did not bear fruit.
COP SUSPECTED OF KILLING A MAN HE FOUND IN BED WITH HIS WIFE GOES INTO HIDING
Detectives are looking for a police officer based at Lokichogio in Turkana county, for the murder of a man whom he found in a compromising situation with his wife, in the dead of the night.— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) August 26, 2022
"A search conducted in the officer's house by detectives led to the discovery of the deceased's blue T-shirt, a hood and blood stained inner-wear that had been stashed in a sack," DCI added.
The deceased's body is currently lying at the hospital's morgue pending an autopsy.
