Cop Kills Three Children Before Committing Suicide in Homabay, Blames Wife’s Infidelity

A 30-year-old police officer stationed in Marsabit has reportedly taken his own life after killing his three children in Kakdhimu East Location, Kagoga Village, Karachuonyo West Sub-County, Homa Bay.

The officer, David Okebe, who was on leave, is reported to have poisoned a six-year-old boy, a five-year-old girl, and a five-year-old nephew before taking his own life.

Preliminary investigations suggest the act may have been linked to long-standing domestic disputes involving his wife and in-laws.

According to a suicide note seen by Kenya Insights, the deceased expressed his grievances against his in-laws, whom he perceived as having humiliated him due to their perception of his poverty and inability to provide the dowry befitting their daughter.

In his final wishes, he requested to be buried alongside his children in a single grave, rather than being placed in a coffin.

He vowed to confront the spirit of the man who had taken away his wife and directly blamed his wife’s infidelity for the tragic loss of their children and his own demise.

Confirming the incident, Homa Bay County Police Commander Laurence Koilel urged the public to seek peaceful ways of resolving domestic conflicts and avoid resorting to violence or suicide.

Authorities have launched investigations into the matter.

The bodies were moved to the Homa Bay Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary.