The team carrying out the autopsy at City Mortuary in Nairobi – witnessed by Ms Ngumbu’s family and police. – for the slain Carol Ngumbu has released the results.
The woman had been found dead a alongside IEBC ICT Manager Chris Msando.
Led by the government Pathologist Johansen Oduor on Thursday, the team revealed that Carol was strangled to death.
Carol Ngumbu’s neck and throat were squeezed by killers police are yet to catch up with.
“She died from asphyxia due to ligature strangulation” – breathing difficulties due to tying of the neck tightly – , Johansen Oduor.
Ms Ngumbu’s mother Alice Nduruka on Tuesday spoke to the Nation, where she described her daughter as calm and peaceful.
Msando’s autopsy
A post-mortem conducted on Wednesday revealed that Mr Msando was also strangled.
“He died from strangulation and he also had incisions on his right arm, but the rest of the body was intact,” Dr Oduor said on Wednesday after completing the autopsy process at Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi.
His autopsy conducted between 12pm and 4pm, was also witnessed by a private pathologist and some of Mr Msando’s relatives.