February 17, 2015, Korogocho, Nairobi, Kenya – Murder
victims: Muthoni’s baby boy (1 week); neighbor’s children: Nyambura Gatei (4),
Peter Gatei (10 days).
No news reports dating from after the arraignment of the
suspect in early July 2015 have been found.
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FULL TEXT (Jul. 9, 2015) – A woman accused of murdering and
eating her son has denied the charges in a city court. Catherine Muthoni, 20,
has been undergoing psychiatric evaluation for more than two months after she
was accused of killing her son and two other children belonging. The court
heard that Muthoni had attempted to strangle her aunt in their house following
disagreements with her husband.She reportedly had just delivered the baby boy
and had lived with her aunt for a few days. Police said that the Muthoni turned
her anger on her son who was asleep after her aunt sneaked out of the house.
She allegedly slit the toddler’s belly with a kitchen knife, ate his intestines
and part of his heart before drinking his blood.
The accused is said to have gone to her friend Nelius
Muthoni’s house where she killed her two children. Police arrived in time to
save the Muthoni from an angry mob that was baying for her blood. She was
arraigned in court on February 19, but was taken to Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital
in Kayole after she appeared weak and unable to talk or walk without support.
The accused, according to doctors at the Mama Lucy Kibaki
Hospital, used strange terms to communicate and recommended further psychiatric
evaluation. Muthoni denied the charges and was remanded in custody until
November 2, as she is also facing murder charges at another court.
“I
didn’t kill and eat my son — Korogocho woman,” SDE
Entertainment News, Jul. 9, 2015]
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[Another source: Stella
Cherono, “Police detain woman
in gruesome Korogocho triple murder,” Daily Nation (Nairobi, Kenya), Feb.
17, 2015]
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For more cases see: Cannibal Murderesses
More cases, see: Female Serial Killers of Africa & the African Diaspora
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