The discovery of the body of Silvester Peter Mwenda at Nyambene Level 4 Hospital has sparked conflicting accounts between his family and the police. His family alleges he was abducted and beaten by men posing as DCI detectives, while police claim he died from injuries sustained during a mob justice incident.

• Mwenda's wife, Gloria Gatwiri, states he was taken from their Meru home by individuals identifying as DCI officers from Maua Police Station.
• The family claims they found him with detectives the next day, but could only find a friend, an NPR officer, in court on Monday, before finding Mwenda's body at the morgue.
• Meru County Criminal Investigating officer, Abednego Kavoo, implicated Mwenda as a robbery suspect and stated he succumbed to injuries inflicted by a mob during an operation involving another suspect with G3 and AK-47 rifles.