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4 year old girl’s body involved in a defilement case exhumed
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A court order was made to exhume the body of the 4 year old girl for further examination.
TANA RIVER—The body of a four-year-old girl who allegedly succumbed to injuries after being raped in Chewani, Tana River County, has been exhumed.
Speaking to the Nation, Tana River police boss Sylvester Githongo said the body was exhumed following a court order so that further examination could be done to establish the cause of her death.
The little girl died on November while undergoing treatment at Hola District Hospital.
Hola District hospital superintendent, Dr Fred Mokanu did not disclose on what was the exact cause of death at the moment.
The child was allegedly raped by a 43-year-old man who has since been arrested and charged.
Rape cases and early marriages have been on the rise in Tana River since the onset of the short rains.
