A 17-Year-Old form three girl at a school in Yatta, Kitui County was last evening arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers for suspected Infanticide, in a dramatic turn of events from patient to suspect.
Report by the school’s Principal indicated that the student had complained of stomach pains before she was rushed to a local hospital for medical attention, the DCI has said.
At the health centre, she was examined and said to have conducted an abortion but was treated and later discharged.
The medical report triggered a rigorous search around the school compound, which led to the recovery of a folded blue bedsheet tossed in a pit latrine.
On fishing it out, a male foetus approximated at 8-months old was found wrapped with the sheet, having a piece of a mosquito net tied around its neck.
The suspect was immediately apprehended, with the recovered body being taken to a mortuary for autopsy.
