Woman Steals Her Lover's Corpse From A Funeral Parlor, Privately Buries Him
The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an alleged murder case after a woman, Lucy Muthony stole her lover's body at a morgue in Nyeri and secretly buried him.
Otieno Cynthia 
Police and morgue attendants unburied Hudson Wanjohi's body on Friday, June 25, after the woman, Lucy Muthoni, hastily buried him in May 2021.
The accused was charged with dodging the police and the Nyeri Provincial General Hospital attendants prior to an autopsy being conducted on the man she claimed had lived with her for 16 years. A claim opposed by the brother and children of the deceased who claimed she was cohabiting with him.
The children of the deceased had previously reported their Farther's sudden death at Nyeri Police station. He died while admitted to the hospital and the cause of his death is unknown. The children suspected the death was planned and demanded a post mortem be conducted to affirm the cause of his death.
Nyeri Police Ward Commander liaised with the hospital and directed the post mortem to be conducted on 19th May.
Muthoni, who had registered herself as the next of Kin stole the body and buried it at her home in Kagongo village, Nyeri. A funeral was attended by her relatives and neighbors who had apparently known the guy for 16 years.
The detective was perplexed by how the lady got the body without permission from the relative authorities. The lady and the hospital were sued for negligence and bridging the law.
Muthoni wrote to the court and asked them to postpone the postmortem. She further urged the judge to allow her private pathologist rather than the government's one to conduct it. Her request was granted.
Wanjohi's son, James, in a signed affidavit argued that his father was lawfully married to their mother in 1978 and they weren't aware of any Lucy Muthoni who purportedly claimed to be his wife.
