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Govt Pathologist Reveals Postmortem Details on Bodies Found at Kware Dumpsite

Image: Chief Government Pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor (left) and DCI detectives at Kware dumpsite, Embakasi South. Source: DCI

In Summary:

1) Bodies found at Kware dumpsite do not have bullet wounds, contrary to initial speculation.

2) DNA samples are being collected to identify victims and match dismembered remains.

Chief Government Pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor has provided new insights into the bodies discovered at the Kware dumpsite, dispelling earlier rumors of bullet injuries.

The examination has uncovered disturbing details about the state of the remains.

The findings include several dismembered body parts, including amputated lower limbs and torsos.

Dr. Oduor stated, “The contents of some of them were lower limbs which were amputated from the knees downwards, and they were two right legs and two left legs.”

He further explained, “They were from the waist to the knee, which was three of them, and then there was another trunk from the waist upwards which we assigned cause of death as strangulation.”

A complete female body was also discovered. “There was also a whole body of a female who we examined, and we found that she had head injuries,” Dr. Oduor reported, suggesting these injuries as the likely cause of death.

To aid in identification and matching of body parts, DNA samples are being collected from all remains.

Dr. Oduor explained, “We are taking samples of DNA for the purpose of reconciling with each piece so that we can know how many bodies we have.”

Dr. Oduor highlighted the challenges posed by the advanced decomposition of the bodies: “Bodies which are severely decomposed become very difficult to assign the cause of death because there is what we call postmortem artefacts where so many tissues get lost because of decomposition.”

This decay process, he explained, complicates determining the exact causes and timing of deaths.