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Post-mortem reveals how city lawyer was brutally murdered


An autopsy on slain lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josphat Mwenda and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri has revealed the full extent of torture they were subjected to that eventually led to their deaths.

The post-mortem on the three bodies was performed by Chief Government Pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor. The bodies of the three were found in a river in Ol-Donyo Sabuk, Machakos County.

In his report, Dr Oduor says that lawyer Willie Kimani was hit on the back of his head several times and sustained a fracture of the skull.

The taxi driver was strangled and and also had injuries on the head believed to have been caused by a blunt object..

Mr Josphat Mwenda who detectives from the Homicide Department at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters believe was the main target suffered the most injuries.

He had injuries on the head, neck and chest. His skull was fractured and blood was found in his chest cavity.

Dr Oduor however said that the CT scan did not reveal other injuries..

He said his team has collected samples from the three bodies for toxicology tests.