Former Gor Mahia and Harambee Stars midfielder Collins Okoth, also known as Gatusso, is facing serious allegations of allegedly killing and defiling a 3-year-old child in Lucky Summer Estate in Starehe Sub-County, Nairobi.
Gatusso is currently detained at Pangani Police Station as Detectives continue their investigation.
The Murder was reported at the Lucky Summer Police Station vide OB17/22/04/2024 by Lucky Summer assistant Chief Peris Muthoni who informed the police that there was a child suspected to have been murdered and dumped.
This prompted police visiting the scene where they found the child half naked and dead behind an apartment where they lived with her mother.
The minor had bruises on her neck where she she was suspected to have been sexually assaulted.
At the time, the mother claimed to have left the house at 1am and returned at 4am to find her missing.
Police constable Gilbert Kiprotich of Starehe DCI Offices told a Makadara Court that the former Gor Mahia star was arrested after a weapon suspected to have broken into the child’s mother house was recovered. Okoth is suspected to have thrown the object through his window.
Okoth will be escorted to the government Chemist for DNA analysis and later at Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital for Mental assessment.
The matter will be mentioned on June 3,2024.
