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How Morrissey Suter spent his last day before his tragic death

Morrissey Suter was a hawker in Nakuru who sold mobile phone sim cards.

Photo credit: Courtesy

Early on Tuesday morning, the body of Morrissey Suter was found lying on the cold grass.

It was a scene so horrific to leave someone emotionally scarred for life. The deceased was half-naked and his genitals mutilated.

One of the first responders to the scene tells how they found the man gasping for air and struggling in pain, the first responder tried to call for help but their efforts were in vain as he took his last breath. 

The night before, he had phoned a family member and they had spoken at length. It was the last time they heard from Mr Suter. 

At around 11pm he went to a nightclub to relax after a long day, this was after lighting the jiko in his house to come back to a warmer house when he left in the nightclub. 

Between the hours of 11pm and dawn, when his body was found, is the big question police in Kuresoi South are trying to answer. 

The 48-year-old trader was looking forward to waking up the next morning and travelling back to his home in Moiben to accompany his first-born son to Maasai Mara University.  

Area Chief Collins Kipchumba laments that this was a most gruesome murder.

"He was a vendor and in his work he interacted with many people and people here knew him very well. So when the news of his death spread through the villages, people were shocked and saddened," he says. 

The deceased's brother, Thomas Suter, who is still coming to terms with the death of his sibling, describes him as a sociable person who was a family man and very hardworking. 

"My brother has been in the sales business for a very long time, he worked in Iten for a while before moving to Nakuru. The last time I spoke to him was on Monday when he told me that he was looking forward to taking his son to university, a milestone he was very proud of," he says. 

As a family, they all hope for a speedy investigation into the matter and that the culprits to face the law. 

Kuresoi South Sub-County Police Commander, Jeremiah Leariwala, says investigations are ongoing and from preliminary reports it appears to have been a crime of passion.

"We have one person in custody and others are being questioned and we are hopeful of arresting the perpetrators," Mr Leariwala says.