Police in Kisumu County have launched investigations after a 41-year-old man was discovered with his head chopped off in Muhoroni on October 28, 2025.

The horrifying discovery was first made at around 6.40 a.m. when one Wickliff Okoncho, a boda boda rider and security agent, reported that a human head had been spotted in the middle of the road at Kona Mbaya along the Achego-Muhoroni road.

According to a police report filed at Koru Police Station under OB No. 02/28/10/2025 indicated that the officers of Achego Patrol Base were rushing to the scene when they discovered that the head was inside a paper bag and discarded in the middle of the road.

The disturbing sight attracted the attention of the locals who had started flocking to the scene even as the police isolated the scene.

As the officers processed the scene, another report came that a body with no head was lying a few metres off the rented house of the victim in Keiyo Village in Songor Sub-location, Tamu Location.

Victim Described as a Quiet Man

Law enforcers who came to the scene of the second murder confirmed the remains were those of Patrick Okello Amemo, a man from Mawego Village in Homa Bay County.

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Okello, who worked as a tractor driver, was described by neighbours as a quiet man and had resided in the area for several years

“The body was found lying near his home with both the head and genitals cut off. It appears the body was dumped shortly before dawn,” said one of the officers at the scene.

Confirming the incident, Muhoroni Sub-county OCPD Fredrick Ombaka termed the murder as shocking and barbaric and said the officers were pursuing leads that could help identify the culprits.

“It is a shocking and brutal murder. We have recovered both the head and body, and our detectives are already following leads to establish what happened and who was involved, “he said

The remains of the deceased were later moved to Odhoo Morgue to be preserved and a post-mortem analysis.

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Residents of Keiyo Village have been left in shock following the incident and are appealing that more police patrols need to be made in the region.

Some said that there was an increase in insecurity in recent weeks, with isolated cases of theft and night violence.

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Police vehicle at the crime scene. PHOTO/File