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Kidnapped 9-year-old daughter of Kenyan Senior Magistrate found dead, body dumped in forest

 Kidnapped 9-year-old daughter of Kenyan Senior Magistrate found dead, body dumped in forest


The body of Maribel Kapolon, the missing nine-year-old daughter of a Kenyan Senior Magistrate has been found dead and body dumped in a forest.

Preliminary police reports stated the girl, daughter of Senior Resident Magistrate of Githongo Law Courts, Ms Caroline Kemei, had been kidnapped on September 6, while walking from school.
Witnesses said Maribel was called by someone who knew her before she rushed to his car. She had been dropped by a school bus and was walking to her home with three other pupils of Consolata Primary school, when the incident happened.
 Kidnapped 9-year-old daughter of Kenyan Senior Magistrate found dead, body dumped in forest
The girl rushed to the car of the stranger leaving the other children. Police explained that the girl had been called in a similar manner by people said to be her relatives.
"The man called to her and she rushed to him shouting “habari uncle”. There was no commotion, hence her fellow pupils and those in nearby shops would not have suspected anything sinister." says the report.
Shortly afterwards, the kidnappers demanded a ransom of Sh500,000 but never followed up on their demand.
 Kidnapped 9-year-old daughter of Kenyan Senior Magistrate found dead, body dumped in forest
A search was mounted them with police and family appealing for information that would lead to her whereabouts.
Her decomposing body, still dressed in her school uniform, was found on September 15, by locals visiting a giant Meru Oak, a popular tourist attraction in Imenti forest, about three kilometres from Meru town.
Officers, who arrived at the scene said she had one shoe and body bone signs of torture, with cuts on her thighs and an arm burned by acid.
Police say they are yet to establish the motive of the kidnapped and subsequent killing.
Family members are being questioned by detectives as they try to solve the crime.
"We don't know if it's related to her parents'work or it was a domestic issue. We are investigating to know if the killers made demands, " said an officer.

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