Man hacks wife to death, hangs self in Nakuru

Wednesday 29, 2014- A man hacked his wife to death before committing suicide by hanging himself on Wednesday at Majani Mingi village in Rongai constituency, Nakuru. Phillip Chepkwony, 40, stabbed his wife Emmily Chepkonga, 33, on the back, the neck and the stomach.

Neighbours said Chepkwony was the second wife and the couple had four children aged between between 3 and 12. Chepkwony allegedly divorced his first wife over frequent domestic quarrels. Robert Kimutai, one of the neighbours, said that the couple's last born child came to his house early in the morning and informed him that his father had locked himself in the house with his mother and was not opening the door.

Kimutai said he went to the home with the boy and called the police when he could not forcefully open the door. The police officers broke the door down and found the man hanging dead in the living room and his wife lying in a pool of blood in the master bedroom. Prior to the incident, Chepkwony reportedly threatened to stab one of his sons forcing him to run away. Solai OCS shadrack Kyalo urged locals to solve their problems peacefully instead of ending lives. The two bodies were taken to the Nakuru county government mortuary.-Star

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