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DJ STEPHEN ‘TWITCH’ BOSS<br>ELLEN’S DJ DEAD AT 40 BY SUICIDE

14Dec

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DJ STEPHEN ‘TWITCH’ BOSS
ELLEN’S DJ DEAD AT 40 BY SUICIDE

Stephen "tWitch" Boss, the famed DJ on Ellen Degnres talk show, is dead ... it appears to be a suicide. Law enforcement sources tell us Stephen's wife Allison Holker ran into an LAPD station Tuesday, and she was frantic because she said Stephen had left home without his car -- something that was not like him at all. We're told, a short time later -- around 11:15 AM -- paramedics got a call for a medical emergency at an L.A. hotel ... and they found Stephen there, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Holker tells "Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him." She continues, "He was the backbone of our family, the bes...

Presidential escort unit officer shoots himself in the Head

12Apr

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Presidential escort unit officer shoots himself in the Head

A police officer attached to the elite presidential escort unit died by suicide in a bizarre incident in his house in Juja, Kiambu County. Constable Samuel Ngatia who was attached to Deputy President William Ruto’s security team died after shooting himself in the head on Monday morning. The motive behind the incident is yet to be known and police are conducting investigations. He was alone in the house within the General Service Unit’s Recce squad camp along Kenyatta Road at the time of the incident. He used his pistol to blow up his head and preliminary findings show the bullet entered on the right side and exited on the left side, officials who visited the scene said. A Jericho pistol loaded with 13 bullets and a Trevor Sub Machine Gun with two magazines loaded with 3...

KDF soldier found dead in Embakasi in suspected suicide

14Mar

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KDF soldier found dead in Embakasi in suspected suicide

Police and military are investigating an incident in which a 45-year-old Kenya Defence Forces soldier was found dead in his house after an apparent suicide in Embakasi, Nairobi. Colleagues of the deceased identified as David Kimaru said he was not picking up his calls on Sunday, which was unusual. This prompted them to visit his house, which is within the Embakasi garrison It was then that they discovered he had already died. His body was found hanging on a rope in his house long after he had died. There was no indication of what motivated the incident. Police who visited the scene said they suspect he died a day earlier. The body was moved to the mortuary as investigations into the incident continue. The motive of the incident was not immediately known. He was alone...

Kiambu man impotent but never told wife, furious at her pregnancy and pulled his gun

5Aug

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Kiambu man impotent but never told wife, furious at her pregnancy and pulled his gun

For five years, married life had seemed full of contentment for a couple who were found shot dead in their house in Kiambu. There was one problem: Johnathan Mukindi, 42, didn't want children and Philomena Njeri, 30, became desperate for a family. He never told her he was impotent. They even tried IVF. He knew it wouldn't work. When she became pregnant, he knew she had a secret lover and he couldn't live with the knowledge of betrayal. Friends and neighbours were shocked on Tuesday when police discovered the two. They had been married for six years. Mukundi worked with insurance companies and bought vehicles that had been written off. He sold the spare parts, a friend said. The spare parts business was doing very well. It was being run by his wife Njeri. He had ...

Businessman shoots wife dead and commits suicide in Kiambu town

4Aug

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Businessman shoots wife dead and commits suicide in Kiambu town

A couple was found dead in their house in Kiambu Town after an apparent murder and suicide. The body of 42-year-old businessman in spare parts Jonathan Mukundi Gachunga was found alongside that of his wife Philomena Njeri, 30 hours after the incident had happened. The motive of the incident is yet to be known. Friends who had seen Gachunga hours earlier said he looked jovial. Gachunga was a licensed gun holder and operated his spare parts shop in Industrial Area, Nairobi. His wife worked at the shop. He is said to have shot his wife three times on Tuesday evening before turning the gun to himself. The lifeless bodies of the two were found inside their bedroom which had been locked from inside. They were later moved to the mortuary. Police said they recovered his m...

Missing musician Irungu Njaro found dead in Masinga dam

18Jul

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Missing musician Irungu Njaro found dead in Masinga dam

The body of a musician who had been missing for four days has been found floating in Masinga dam in Embu County. Edward Irungu Njaro, popularly known as Wanjaro Junior, is suspected to have committed suicide by plunging into the crocodile infested dam located in the expansive Mbeere Sub-County. He disappeared from his Kasarani home in Nairobi on July 14 and on Saturday, his lifeless body was spotted in the dam. His vehicle, which he was driving prior to his disappearance, was found abandoned in Kamweri village near River Tana. Residents who saw the body reported the matter to officers to Makutano Police Station. Moments later, officers drove to the scene and pulled out the body and took it to Embu Referral Hospital mortuary. “Residents going about their businesses sp...

Fugitive cop Kangogo kills self at parent’s home in Elgeyo Marakwet

16Jul

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Fugitive cop Kangogo kills self at parent’s home in Elgeyo Marakwet

Wanted policewoman Caroline Kangogo has shot herself dead at her parents home in Elgeyo Marakwet County, police said. Police said they narrowed down on her on Thursday and have been there all night. "She shot herself in their bathroom using a pistol she had," police told the Star on Friday. The incident happened at about 7.30 am Friday at Nyawa village, Tambach division in Keiyo. Her parents called police who found the body in a pool of blood in the bathroom. Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya confirmed the incident. “We are told the mother found her holding a pistol which she used to commit suicide in the bathroom in their rural home,” he said. She still wore her yellow hood at the time of the incident. These are the same clothes she wore when ...

24Jun

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Head teacher Commits suicide In School

A primary school headteacher took his own life inside his offices at the institution's administration block. Kioko Mutie committed suicide on Monday evening, June 21, 2021, at Yanyonge Primary School. Area Assistant Chief Mulinge Wambua confirmed the incident, stating that they were astounded by the death as the 46-year-old as he was a charistmatic leader. "He had never shown any signs of depression as he was full of life," Wambua noted. The authorities could not ascertain why he took his own life. A search for a suicide note or any other hints was futile. Pupils and teachers converged at the administration block to mourn their principal who hanged himself. Teachers and parents lauded the deceased stating that h...