Missing Kenya Forest Service (KFS) Legal Services Manager, Esther Wairimu Keige has been found dead, weeks after she vanished without a trace.

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Kenyans.co.ke has learnt that her body was discovered in July 7 inside a secluded coffee plantation in Juja, Kiambu County, bringing an agonising search to a heartbreaking end.

The 54-year-old advocate had been missing since June 10, last seen leaving her office along Kiambu Road that evening.

Juja Sub-County Police Commander Isaac Kombo confirmed the discovery, saying the remains were found at Area 4 near Karimenu.

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Colleagues in the legal profession,such as Advocate Caroline Oduor also confirmed the demise of Keige, closing weeks of uncertainty and fear. “After weeks of anxious searching since 9th June, Esther Wairimu Keige, Advocate has sadly been found dead in Gatundu Forest,” stated Advocate Oduor.

“My deepest condolences to her family and loved ones during this profoundly difficult time. May they find strength in the face of this devastating loss. May those  responsible be identified, brought before the law, and held fully accountable.”

Preliminary investigations show that the body was intact, though decomposition had already set in by the time it was located.

Two of her relatives were reportedly called in and positively identified her remains, a moment that finally gave the grieving family some closure.

Investigators have since moved her body to the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) mortuary, where an autopsy will determine the exact cause of death.

Before her body was found, students from a nearby school had reportedly seen her alive, telling police she had come asking for food.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke