A fight over a remote ended on a sour note after a teenager girl committed suicide in Elemetaita trading center in Gilgil.
The 13-year-old girl took her life after fighting over a TV channel with her cousin in an incident that left area residents in shock.
According to a witness Ibrahim Wainaina, the girls who are in holiday had been watching one of the Soap Operas when one of them decided to change the channel.
“This angered one of the girls and a fight ensued before the victim rushed out of the house and committed suicide by hanging herself in another room,” he said.
Gilgil OCPD Emmanuel Opuru confirmed the incident adding that the body had been collected and an inquest file opened up.
“We had an incident where a 13-year-old girl committed suicide after fighting with her cousin over a remote and the body is in Gilgil sub-county hospital mortuary,” he said.
Meanwhile, the eight year old boy who was brutally murdered and the body dumped in a Naivasha estate has been identified by the father.
This came as police launched a manhunt for the step-mother who was last seen with the class two student in Karagita estate on Sunday evening.
The lifeless body of the minor was found on Monday morning by the roadside with indications that he had been strangled.
Emotions ran high as police moved in to collect the smartly dressed body with residents raising concern over an increase in cases where bodies were been dumped in the area.
According to area assistant Chief David Kaviku, the step-mother had gone into hiding since Sunday when the minor also disappeared.
Kaviku said that the father of the minor had recorded a statement with the police where be admitted that they had fallen out with the wife before the minor went missing.
“The minor has been positively identified and police are seeking the step-mother to record a statement over the incident,” he said.
Naivasha OCPD Samuel Waweru confirmed the incident adding that they were also awaiting the post-mortem results to determine the cause of death.
“The step-mother who has gone missing has been mentioned adversely as the last person seen with the boy and we are seeking her over the murder,” he said.
-Anthony Gitonga