Mother Attempts to Kill Her Four Children Before Committing Suicide

A 28-year-old woman committed suicide while her four children aged 8 years and below were rescued in Nyatike, Migori County.

According to the area chief Jeremia Oloo, the deceased identified as Dorothy Achieng, who had the intention of killing her four children locked herself and the children in the house and set the house on fire before she committed suicide using a rope.

Mr. Oloo stated that family members who were awoken by the desperate children’s cries for help saw smoke coming from the house and rushed to the scene to rescue the four children.

He added that the woman had already committed suicide when the family members arrived at the scene to rescue the children.

Mr. Oloo said they are yet to establish why the woman committed suicide, however they are linking it to family conflicts.

Narrating the ordeal, the brother-in-law to the deceased, George Ochieng, said they were asleep when they heard the children crying for help and they immediately rushed to rescue them.

Ochieng stated that the deceased locked the house from the inside and even blocked the door with chairs to prevent the children from escaping the house fire, forcing them to enter through the window.

The body of the deceased was moved to Sori Lakeside hospital mortuary awaiting police investigation.

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