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Jilly_in_VA

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Wed Oct 13, 2021, 11:43 AM Oct 2021

Husband a 'suspect' as Kenyan athlete Tirop found dead

Kenyan world record holder Agnes Tirop has been found stabbed to death at her home in the western town of Iten, with police treating her husband as a suspect.

The two-time World Athletics Championships bronze medallist, who finished fourth in the Olympic 5,000m final two months ago, was 25.

A criminal investigation is now underway into her death, with police saying her husband has gone missing.

On Wednesday, crime scene investigators were at the house of Tirop, who police say was reported missing by her father on Tuesday night.

"When [police] got in the house, they found Tirop on the bed and there was a pool of blood on the floor," Tom Makori, head of police for the area, said.

"They saw she had been stabbed in the neck, which led us to believe it was a knife wound, and we believe that is what caused her death.

"Her husband is still at large, and preliminary investigations tell us her husband is a suspect because he cannot be found. Police are trying to find her husband so he can explain what happened to Tirop."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/58896494
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. RIP Agnes Tirop

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Husband a 'suspect' as Kenyan athlete Tirop found dead (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 OP
How horrible. And how similar to the Petito case. niyad Oct 2021 #1
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