A man killed his family members and then committed suicide in Rodi Kopany township of Homa Bay County.
John Otieno, 40, killed his wife Linda Ochieng, 25, and two children before hanging himself at their rental house.
Neighbours said they found the bodies of the wife and children on the floor of the house yesterday.
Otieno’s body was found dangling from a rope tied to the ceiling.
The bodies were taken to the Homa Bay District Hospital mortuary for post-mortems.
Neighbours said it was not possible to establish exactly what might have caused the man to take lives of his family members.
The couple had been married for seven years.
Otieno, whose original home is in Lela village, Migori County, was living in Rodi Kopany, where he sold clothes for a living.
According to the Otieno’s mother, Consolata Otieno, her son and daughter-in-law had not quarrelled and she could not tell what prompted the killings.
“My son left home last Friday; he had come to supervise the progress of his crops. He didn’t talk of any problem between him and his wife. I am traumatised by what has happened,” she said.
Homa Bay police boss Francis Kumut said neighbours suspected that the killings were prompted by domestic wrangles.
However, he said police had launched investigations into what might have led to the murders and suicide.
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