Husband arrested over wife's shallow grave burial
Detectives in Kajiado County arrested Shon David Rabassa Kioko after a farmhand reported the incident.
Detectives in Isinya, Kajiado County, arrested Shon David Rabassa Kioko on October 30, 2026, for allegedly murdering his 34-year-old wife, Farida Peter Sangka. Her body was found buried in a shallow grave on their farm in Entarakuet.
The arrest followed a report by farmhand Ndayishimiye Deo, a Burundian national, who stated Kioko instructed him to help bury the body. Police officers secured the scene and exhumed the remains in the presence of a pathologist for forensic examination.
The body was moved to Nairobi Funeral Home pending a postmortem examination. Kioko and Deo remain in custody as the Directorate of Criminal Investigations pursues justice for Sangka’s family.
Why it mattersA woman was allegedly murdered and buried on her farm in Kajiado, Kenya.