By Reporter
The decomposing body of a 21-year-old Riat College female student at Riat College in Kisumu, who went missing on the night of April 5th, has been found by police in Kisumu.
According to the police report, detectives from Kisumu West, in the company of officers from Maseno Police Station and those drawn from Riat Police Post, have recovered a decomposing body in Riat Forest, following her earlier reported disappearance.
The recovered body, which had knife stab wounds, comes hot on the heels of the earlier arrest of the prime suspect.
According to the report, the prime suspect, Steven Coleman Okoth, is believed to have allegedly orchestrated her gang rape, torture and subsequent disappearance, a traumatic event that occurred in Kisumu’s Milimani area on the night of April 5, 2026.
The suspect, alleged to be a former boyfriend of the victim, had been spotted with the heavily drugged lady that evening.
The report says investigations further revealed a series of threats issued to the victim over the past two months by the suspect, who repeatedly visited her residence in Riat in search of her.
“On the fateful night, what began as a series of failed phone calls due to poor network connectivity quickly spiraled into a nightmare. An elder sister of the missing victim grew increasingly anxious after being unable to reach her sister, a student at Riat College. Her fears were confirmed at midnight when a distressing text message finally came through,” the report read.
The report says the text messages revealed that she had been lured into a drinking spree by two male colleagues from the same institution, leaving her incapacitated.
“In her vulnerable state, she was sexually assaulted and later abandoned in a bush in critical condition. But before she could be helped, her phone went offline,” read the report.
Acting swiftly on the devastating report, detectives from Kisumu West Sub-County launched an investigation. Drawing crucial leads from forensic analysis, the team traced the victim’s last known location to Milimani area near Kenya Wildlife Service offices. Despite a thorough search for her, she wasn’t found.
Persistent probe into the matter shed some light when one suspect was identified and flushed out from his hideout.
At the time of arrest, the suspect was found with crucial exhibits of evidential value, which detectives have been using in their search for the missing student and other suspects.
