• A family in Kirinyaga is seeking answers after their 15-year-old daughter, Irene Wambui, a Form One student, was found dead under mysterious circumstances
• Irene was sent home from school to get fees but did not arrive home, prompting her family to worry and report her missing
• A week after her disappearance, Irene’s body was discovered in the Sagana River, and her family identified her at the Murang’a mortuary
• Investigations revealed Irene and five schoolmates stopped by Sagana River for a swim before heading home. Tragically, Irene was swept away in the waters

A family in Kirinyaga has demanded answers on the circumstances of their Form One daughter’s death, which occurred after she was sent home for school fees.

Fifteen-year-old Irene Wambui attended school as usual and was sent home for school fees. However, her family started getting worried after she failed to get home.

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According to a report by Kameme TV, the family later started a search for their daughter and reported the matter to the police, hoping she would be found safe.

Sadly, their worst fears were confirmed when they were informed that a body had been retrieved from the Sagana River.

“We went to the Murang’a mortuary and identified her body a week after her disappearance,” Lydia, an aunt of the deceased, said.

Investigations commenced immediately as the authorities began piecing together the Form One girl’s last moments alive.

This was when it emerged that after she was sent home for fees, Irene and five other schoolmates decided to pass by River Sagana for a fun swimming session before proceeding home.

However, Irene disappeared in the raging waters, but the girls did not report to the police or tell her family, who had spent an agonising week looking for her.

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“We went, and they opened up about how they went to River Sagana, but our daughter disappeared during the excursion,” Lydia stated, adding that the five girls’ stories did not add up.

DCI officers accompanied the family to the school to interrogate the five students.

The students went to River Sagana and unearthed Irene’s clothes, which they buried after she died in the river.

“It appears they buried her clothes after she disappeared in the water. When we went with the investigators, they showed us the spot where they buried the clothes, and they dug them up. The clothes are currently with the DCI,” the aunt said.

The family is now filled with sorrow and unanswered questions, wondering why the students failed to disclose what happened and only waited after her body was recovered.

“We hope the authorities will give us answers,” she added.

Source: TUKO.co.ke