Agency :
Kenyan-born female athlete Damaris Muthee has been found dead in a house in Iten, in the northwest part of the country, government and athletics officials confirmed on Tuesday.
Elgeyo Marakwet County Deputy Commissioner Julius Maiyo said Muthee’s body was discovered in a male Ethiopian athlete’s house barely a kilometer from where another athlete Agnes Tirop was found murdered under similar circumstances six months ago.
Maiyo said the 24-year-old Muthee who runs for Bahrain and trains in Iten is suspected to have been killed by the Ethiopian athlete.
Her decomposing body was discovered lying on the Ethiopian athlete’s bed at 3pm on Tuesday after the suspect called a neighbor and reported that he had killed his girlfriend.
