Kiambu County: A 42-year-old man is suspected of murdering his wife before committing suicide.
Jonathan Mukundi Gachunga, a registered firearms owner, is accused of shooting his 30-year-old wife in the head before killing himself with the same pistol, according to a police report.
On Tuesday evening, their lifeless bodies were discovered inside their bedroom, which had been locked from the inside. Mukundi’s buddy reported to the Kiambu police station at 6 p.m. that the dead was not answering his calls, which was odd.
“Together with the officers from Kiambu police station proceeded to his house where the bedroom was found lock from inside. The door was broken where the bodies of the said Jonathan Mukundi Gachunga a kikuyu male adult aged 42 years and his wife namely Phelomena Njeri adult aged around 30 years were found lifeless,” reads the police report.
The bodies of the deceased were moved to Kenyatta Referral Hospital mortuary awaiting autopsy.
The encounter resulted in the recovery of a small glock gun by police. The reason for the occurrence could not be determined right away.
