A 23 year old Bodaboda Rider Surrenders to Police After Murdering his Lover
A 23 year old bodaboda rider Meshack Cheubei from Ziwa-Chelabal village In Uasingishu County has surrendered to the Ziwa police station after murdering his longtime girlfriend Hilda Jerop.
Speaking to the press Chelabal village Elder Simeon Tarus said the suspect is said to have been angered by his girlfriend’s decision to end their relationship after being advised by her parents to concentrate on her college studies.
“The young man went to her girlfriend’s home where she met her mother who demanded an end to their relationship, Cheubei may have been angered by those words and immediately he went looking for a knife came back and after a brief conversation with Jerop at her home, he stubbed her by the neck, on the face and on both her right and left legs before disappearing” said Tarus .
Cheubei is said to have sired a child with Jerop and was well known by her family before the unfortunate incident,
“The Young man was not married to the 24-year-old lady and the family of Jerop has been supportive of that relationship and they wanted their daughter to get back to school and continue with her college studies, unfortunately for Meshack he had expectations of settling down with jerop” Said the Village Elder.
Jerop succumbed to her injuries while being taken to Ziwa District Hospital and her body has been moved to Racecourse Hospital Mortuary within Kapseret Sub County.
Police in Ziwa has launched investigations on the same.
By Winny Cherop