Man stabs girlfriend, hangs self in suspected love triangle

A man in Molo, Nakuru County, has stabbed his girlfriend to death before hanging himself in a love triangle incident. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • Residents who spoke to the Nation said the two were engaged in a heated argument before screams were heard coming from the house

  • One of the residents who broke into the house told  the Nation that the two were dead by the time the neighbours gained access to the house.

  • A suicide note left behind implied that the girl was having a love affair with another man.

A man has stabbed his girlfriend to death before hanging himself in a love triangle incident in Molo.

The incident which happened on Monday night shocked residents of Tayari in the outskirts of Molo.

Preliminary reports indicate that the 25 year old man identified as Dan, had tried to stab himself and drink a pesticide, and when he failed to end his life, opted to hang himself.

The girlfriend, also 25 was found in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds on the chest, neck and stomach.

SCREAMS

Residents who spoke to the Nation said the two were engaged in a heated argument before screams were heard coming from the house.

Andrew Marwa, a neighbour, said he heard loud screams from the plot at around 7 pm, but could not save the situation in time since the house had a metallic door that was hard to break.

“At first I thought it was a thief but when I reached that house, I was told Dan had killed his girlfriend and committed suicide. I think if the neighbours were there we would have been able to stop it,” a distraught Marwa said.

One of the residents who broke into the house told  theNation that the two were dead by the time the neighbours gained access to the house.

SUICIDE NOTE

“We found the house in a mess. Some of the cups were broken while a strong smell of the pesticide filled the air,” said Mr Silas Awiti.

A suicide note left behind implied that the girl was having a love affair with another man, something Dan, a boda boda operator, could not take.

“I love her so much she can’t date another man while I’m still alive. It is so stupid for me to do this but why should I live,” the note read in part.

Paul Itume, a village elder, said he regretted that neighbours ignored the screams when the argument was going before the attack.

“Had the neighbours taken the matter seriously and broken into the house promptly, that girl would have been saved,” Mr Itume said.

FREQUENT CASES

He expressed fear over the frequent cases of women being killed by their lovers or husbands in Molo town, saying the issue needed to be dealt with.

The incident followed another one where a woman was burnt in her house by her husband who suspected she had a child outside the marriage.

Not long before that, a lady was killed and her body thrown in a trench because of a suspected love triangle.

While confirming the tragic incident, Molo Deputy County Commissioner David Wanyonyi said the killing was love related but added that further investigations into what transpired were underway.

“It is true the incident happened. Officers from the DCIO are on the case to investigate any other issues that might have led to the unfortunate incident,” said Mr Wanyonyi.