A Kenyan man is at the center of a murder investigation after the woman who reported her missing was found dismembered, with her head still missing.

• The victim, 25-year-old Joy Kanini Gathu, was identified through DNA tests on a body torso found stuffed in a sack.
• The primary suspect is her boyfriend, John Muriithi, who initially reported her missing but then disappeared from the police station.
• Investigators found dismembered body parts, including feet and arms, in a pit latrine near Muriithi's residence in Ngangarithi Estate, Nyeri county.