- Masanga and his wife Celestine Anyona have been thrown into deep mourning following the death of their baby, Isaac Francis.
- The baby had been missing for weeks, and his mother shared how she suspected that a quarrel with a neighbor may have led to his death
- The young couple was stunned and heartbroken over the state in which they found their baby and are now seeking funds for a postmortem
Karatina, Nakuru County: A Kenyan couple is inconsolable as their baby, who went missing two weeks ago, has sadly been found swollen and dead in a drainage channel.
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At the time he went missing, Isaac Francis was one year and two months old; he was found dead in the same neighborhood.
According to Nakuru Mtaa Wangu, Isaac’s father, identified as Bernard Masanga, said that he learned of his son’s death on October 1, while he was at work.
“A woman phoned me and told me to go to Dafra immediately to confirm whether the child found in the drainage channel was mine,” he said.
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When he arrived at the channel, he immediately recognized baby Isaac from the blue shoes he had been wearing when he disappeared. He took his wife to the scene of the murder, and she was devastated.
According to Masanga, his son’s death was a murder and not an accident. Suspecting foul play, he argued that the boy may have been killed at another location and dumped in the drainage system.
“We passed that spot several times during our search and never saw anything. If the body had been there for two weeks, it would have decomposed badly,” he said.
Celestine Anyona, Isaac’s mother, recalled the terrible state of her son’s body in the channel and shared that it had severe head injuries, was missing a sock and shoe, and his hair had been shaved off.
“His eyes appeared to have been gouged out, and he was wearing a diaper that I had not put on him that day. I could not believe that swollen body was my child,” she said, her voice breaking.
“Before Isaac disappeared, a neighbor I had argued with once told me that she would do something I would never forget. I can’t help but feel this was connected,” she added.
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How much does the family need?
The couple works as casual laborers and are now appealing for help to raise KSh 20,000 for a post-mortem examination. They also need to raise funds for the burial.
“We need about Sh20,000 for the post-mortem so that we can find out what really happened. We are also trying to raise money to transport the body to Kakamega for burial,” said Mr. Masanga.
Francis King’ori, an elder from Kiratina Nyumba Kumi, said: “This is the first case of this kind in Kiratina, but there have been several cases of missing children in our neighboring Free Area. We are asking parents to be especially careful during the holidays.”
Emmanuel Epuru, Nakuru County Police Commander, confirmed that investigations had started, though no arrests have yet been made.
“It will take time before we make any arrests because this case requires thorough investigation. The child went missing on October 4, and was found in a decomposed state,” he said.
Mum devastated as Grade One child goes missing
In another story, tears flowed after a mother discovered that her young daughter, who had been missing, was dead.
The woman could hardly talk and ended up sobbing following the heartbreaking news about her child, who was in Grade One.
The grandmother of the deceased, Salma Mrisho, narrated her last encounter with the young girl, who was found dead after a few days.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
