Man, wife, three children burnt to death at home – VIDEO
Five family members – including a man, his wife and their three children – were found burnt to death early on Tuesday morning in Juja, Kiambu county.
According to police report, members of the public reported a fire incident at the home of a certain Patrick Nderitu Karuiru to the area chief.
When the area chief arrived at the scene he found other members of the public putting out the fire.
They entered the house and found one burned body of the middle-aged man laying at the veranda door with the other four bodies in the bedroom.
All three bodies of children, aged below 10 years, had visible head injuries, same to the body of their mother, Rosemary Kaninia.
Police suspect the man murdered his wife and their three children before setting the house on fire.