Kenyan Woman Found Dead in Denmark Killed Son Before Committing Suicide, Police Say
Danish police say that a Kenyan woman found dead together with her 10-month-old son at an apartment in Gentofte last week could have killed her baby before taking her own life.
Authorities in the town of North Zealand say that preliminary examinations on Ms Fridah “Rashida” Shironya’s body indicated that she might have committed suicide after killing her son.
“As part of the investigation, there has been autopsy of the deceased, as well as a number of technical examinations,” the police said in a statement to Kenya's Daily Nation.
Police said that Ms Fridah’s husband, a Dane, reported the incident to police after finding the two dead in their house. The authorities have since ruled out his involvement.
“All of these studies show that the mother killed the little boy and then herself. Nordsjællands (North Zealand) Police wishes to emphasise that the man is beyond any suspicion on the matter,” the statement added.
Before leaving Kenya for Denmark in July 2014, Ms Shironya was an employee of Teachers Service Commission in Nairobi. She traveled to Denmark to live with the Danish man, who she had met when he worked in Kenya with a global charitable organization. She hails from Kakamega County.
Ms Shironya’s friends have opened a GoFundMe account to raise cash to enable her family in Kenya to travel to Denmark.
“We are working on finding a way to bring Frida’s family to Denmark as they live in Kenya. We are appealing to people of good heart to help in financially facilitating this and the funeral for our two angels,” says a message on the site. So far 47,656 Danish Krona, equivalent to Sh783,264 has been raised from 219 well wishers.
Comments (7)
@Kenya, told you so... majuu ni tafash tupu if you have no support. Lonely and dark compared to our flamboyant and supportive network often found back home. Very sad that she was driven to this.
Like many women, this Lady liked Facebook. Yet Facebook is a Recipe for Lots of Social and Emotional Problems in Kenya and Abroad. This is why only Wise Kenyan Women by All Means and Costs REFRAIN from Taking Facebook for Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner and instead only do it on Weekends (because apart from knowing that they Have Better Things to do Monday-Friday, they also know How Facebook can be Addictive to Emotionally Enhancing a FEW but Draining MANY; leading to Loneliness, Hopelessness, and Eventually SUICIDES for some.
@sukari tell them tell them!They have ears but don’t hear they have eyes don’t see!!I said here that she might have committed suicide but some white black kenyan said she was killed??Please don’t kill yr innocent kids if ur tired of yr husband or wife.Atleast leave them to somebody then u get rid of yourself alone??Bure kabisa am very sure she thought she have landed in the country of honey n bread not knowing Mayb she was beta off in Kenya!!!Majuu majuu Please socialise with others,play golf,join gym,join swimming clubs have someone u can trust to talk to n if the stress is that bad come home n u will get good support.I knew a lady from Washington DC who had gone mental,sleeping in cars n admitted few times in mental hospital,we raised cash n she was taken home.Guys 5 years later she is doing very good!got married have 2 kids n she don’t take any mental drugs??Guys yes stress can kill you but don’t let it happen
Mkenya HALISI. At least the DC Woman made it in Kenya. We have one Returnee Woman I have been told is a Wreck and a Drunk in those sides of Kitale and her family Keeps on Wondering what happened to her in the US (to drive her to that point).
@Mkenya halisi, maybe this woman had undiagnosed mental illness and most likely she would have received the necessary mental health treatment in denmark if she seeked help. In kenya, most likely angetupwa Mathare for a bid and be stigmatized for the rest of her life.
Life is hard whether you live in kenya or abroad. It's irresponsible to suggest that nothing will happen to you in Kenya or friends or family will automatically give you support.
All those chokoraas in every town in kenya have relatives, don't they?
I love kenya but don't act like everything is going well for everybody in kenya.
No Mimi. She (on Facebook) complained about Emotional Abuse by her husband. But she was afraid of getting out of the relationship for Fear of Deportation.
how do we know she killed the baby . There is no one to follow up. the denish doctors concluded that but have the husband been investigated . how was the relationship. in this world where a black person is an underdog it is not difficult to question