Detectives recover decomposing body of Riat college student, prime suspect arrested
Detectives in Kisumu have recovered the decomposing body of a 21-year-old RIAT College student in RIAT Forest, bearing multiple stab wounds. The discovery follows the earlier arrest of the prime suspect, Steven Coleman Okoth, who is believed to have orchestrated her gang rape, to..
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Detectives in Kisumu have recovered the decomposing body of a 21-year-old RIAT College student, identified as Steven Coleman Okoth, in RIAT Forest, allegedly after gang rape and torture. The prime suspect, Okoth, believed to have orchestrated the crime, was arrested on the night of April 5, 2026.
- The victim's body was found bearing multiple stab wounds.
- The prime suspect, Steven Coleman Okoth, a former boyfriend of the victim, has been arrested.
- The victim was allegedly lured into a drinking spree by two male colleagues and later sexually assaulted and abandoned.
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