Police are holding a 39-year-old woman in connection to the death of her lover after he allegedly fell off the balcony of their fifth floor at Royal Apartments in Nyali, Mombasa County.
Nyali sub-county police commander Daniel Masamba has said Pheny Kisasati is in police custody awaiting completion of investigations into circumstances under which his boyfriend Osca Owino died after a night of merry-making.
“Investigations are ongoing the suspect is in our custody awaiting the completion of investigations,” he said.
The two are employees of a bank in Mombasa.
“The matter is under probe right now. l cannot release more information for fear of jeopardizing ongoing investigations. Let us be patient once investigations are over l will issue a comprehensive brief,” he stated
The deceased’s body was discovered on Monday lying down after allegedly falling from the balcony of their apartment.
“Police officers established that the deceased was in the company of one female adult who informed police that the two had attended a party at Masai Beach Hotel where they took drinks up to late hours before retreating to their rented apartment,” reads part of the police report.
The report, booked under OB number 02/ 14/08/23 at Nyali police station, further indicates that the suspect excused herself and went to bed leaving the deceased on the balcony where he continued to drink alcohol.
“He took too long to come back and this promoted her to go check on him. However, she did not find him and decided to carry out a search in other rooms within the house in vain. Later she went downstairs and found the boyfriend lying dead,” read the police statement.
According to police, she raised the alarm where guards drawn from the Texas Alarm and neighbours responded.
“Necessary actions were taken, scene processed and the body removed to Pandaya Memorial mortuary awaiting to undergo postmortem exercise,” added the police report.
