73-Year-Old Man And Son In Trouble As Body Of Sodomised Minor Found Dumped On The Roadside
Residents of Koilel village in Kaptagat ward, Uasin Gishu County are in dismay after the body of a 12-year-old minor, believed to have been sodomised, was found dumped in the area on Thursday morning.
Area residents, led by Koilel village elder Isaac Kibiwot, alerted local authorities after noticing the occupant of a white Toyota Probox, reg. number KBQ 327W, discarding the body before fleeing the scene at around 7:46 am.
“Officers from Kapsoya led by OCS and DCI Eldoret East visited the scene and found the said unknown body of a juvenile approximately 12-years-old lying dead beside the Koilel -Chepkoilel road with injuries at the back of the head and blood oozing from his anus,” a police report seen by Citizen Digital reads in part.
The detectives were soon after able to track the Toyota Probox to the residence of one Solomon Kipsang Arap Tarus, 73, who ceded that the vehicle belonged to him upon questioning.
Tarus however claimed that his son Eric Kiptoo Keiyo, 22, had borrowed the vehicle at around 6:00 am on the day of the incident to go and collect milk from a nearby dairy.
“Police gained entry in the room where Eric Kiptoo Kipsang stays and assorted blood stained clothes, a blood-stained pillow and a basin full of blood stains were recovered,” says the police report.
Kipsang was not at the scene at the time but his father Taurus was arrested to assist police with investigations.
The minor’s body has since been moved to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary for storage and post-mortem.
