Man Shoots and Kills Wife Before Committing Suicide in Kiambu
A 42-year-old man on Tuesday evening shot and killed his wife before committing suicide at their home in Kiambu.
Jonathan Mukundi Gachunga, a licensed firearm holder, is said to have shot his spouse Phelomena Njeri in the head then took his own life using the same weapon, according to a police report on the incident.
The lifeless bodies of the couple were found in their bedroom which had been locked from inside.
The bodies were discovered after a friend of Mukundi reported to Kiambu police station that the deceased was not picking his phone calls which was suspicious.
“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 taken to Kenyatta University Referral Hospital mortuary pending a postmortem examination.
Police recovered a mini Glock pistol from the incident. The motive behind the killing and suicide was not immediately established.
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No words can describe how…
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No words can describe how sorry we are for the loss of such a young couple.
Our hearts go out to the family in this time of sorrow.
The relationship problems…
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The relationship problems between men and women seems to be all time high,and sadly culminating into disastrous outcomes.Hardly a week passes without someone killing another because they have been jilted, cheated on, lied to,disrespected by a so called loved one.What the heck is going on?
As afirm believer in SCIENCE, I would like to call upon our social scientists to look into this matter,urgently.Apparently religions dont seem to have any solutions.Prayers dont seen to work,if at all they ever worked.
How can the useless Kenyan…
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How can the useless Kenyan police conclude Mukundi committed suicide after killing his wife without the pathology report?Does it mean I have to call the police if MuKenya does not answer my phone?The so-called friend might have killed them.
And locked the bedroom door…
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In reply to How can the useless Kenyan… by Morris Menye (not verified)
And locked the bedroom door from inside, before going out to report to the police? You have been watching too many movies. The only question here is who actually pulled the trigger first, before committing suicide.
@ Morris Menye, your are…
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In reply to How can the useless Kenyan… by Morris Menye (not verified)
@ Morris Menye, your are right.Its rush to judgement,but I guess its based on the door being locked from the inside where only the two dead human being were in?So their logic goes something like this;
A) Door was locked from Inside, only the two dead man and wife are found inside.
B)If windows were in the room, no body opened them,or could get through.
C)Position of the gun relative to the Man's body appears Obvious as to who fired the last bullet.That is after the number fired was adduced from the spent cartridges...,and those remaining in the chamber if any.
D) They are not reveling every thing to the media right now...
What say you?
Kimenyi and Maxiley, the…
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In reply to @ Morris Menye, your are… by Maxiley (not verified)
Kimenyi and Maxiley, the answer to your suspicions is simple. When a gun is fired, gun powder inevitably falls on the hand firing the gun. Detectives just have to examine the hands of all suspects for gun powder, to know which hand pulled the trigger. Suspicion can fly anywhere. But evidence never lies.
Settle Nomard, you are right…
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In reply to Kimenyi and Maxiley, the… by Settled Nomad (not verified)
Settle Nomard, you are right, the hand that fired will have power residue.And that's all it shows. One may have fired and missed thus having the residue,and the other might have wrestled the gun and fired the and killed. That's why I said the number of empty shells were factored...Anyway, we can all agree that the police are will not release the whole story to the public.
@ Settled Nomad, I think the…
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In reply to Kimenyi and Maxiley, the… by Settled Nomad (not verified)
@ Settled Nomad, I think the argument here is was it suicide...? As opposed to someone else being the shooter.
Title should read: Man…
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Title should read: Man allegedly shoots wife dead and kills self in suspected murder suicide. It’s not confirmed until the investigations are complete.
@ Maxilely, sometimes there are no solutions to some problems. We just watch and wait and learn.
@ Jasiri, Iknow hind site is…
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In reply to Title should read: Man… by Jasiri (not verified)
@ Jasiri, Iknow hind site is always with a 20/20 vision,but Iam sure you agree with me that there are some death or problems that could be avoided if you dont ignore the red signs.Unless you believe in predestination.
You are right though that sometimes there are not solutions to some problems,or solution hasnt been found as of yet.But to me,it is appears that most of our relationship problems could be solved if for example,we dont marry an abusive person,or someone with anger,possessive,acheat ,or drinking problems...At least the statistics would be within the acceptable range.
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