Police are looking for a man who brutally assaulted his four-year-old son, killing him on the spot before wrapping the body in a blanket and escaping on Saturday night in Kendu Bay, Homa Bay County.

The suspect, Stephen Otieno, 24 assaulted his son by hitting his face on the floor while he had locked his two other children in another room.

The wife arrived at their rented house in Maguti village and saw traces of blood in the house. She then discovered the body of the son, Raphael Odhiambo, wrapped in a blanket.

Officers from Kendu Bay police station and detectives from Rachuonyo North Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) visited the scene and transferred the body to the mortuary.

“The main suspect who is the father of the deceased escaped and is yet to be arrested. The motive of the brutal attack was not immediately established,” a senior detective said.

The couple lived together with their three children.

Poisoned arrow

Elsewhere, a 26-year-old man died after he was attacked using a poisoned arrow during an altercation in Chebabai village, Narok County.

Police say the incident happened on Saturday night during a meeting to celebrate the traditional circumcision ceremony.

A disagreement broke out between the deceased, Alex Sanare, and the assailant over food. The assailant rushed to his nearby home, came back armed with a bow and arrow, and shot Sanare in the neck before escaping the scene.

Sanare was rushed to the hospital where he died while undergoing treatment.