Police in Machakos are investigating a case where a first year student of Daystar University was found dead in a mysterious situation in Athi River.
Mercy Jerono Kwambai, 18, a student of Daystar University, is said to have died by committing suicide on September 8, 2023.
The incident was reported at the Athi River police station as a suicide report on September 9 at 3.15 am. Police said the incident was reported by the security coordinator Patrick Darizu.
“He reported that there was a body of a first-year female student lying in a pool of blood in the restroom at Daystar University,” the police report read.
Police officers and DCI visited the scene and it was found that the late Mercy Jerono Kwambai had locked herself in the toilet and committed suicide by stabbing herself on the left side of the chest using a kitchen knife.
According to the police, the body of the deceased was discovered by her fellow students who got in by jumping over the toilet walls and opening the door.
The incident was handled and recorded by the officers before the body was transferred to the Shalom Hospital mortuary pending an autopsy.
