Thika: 36-Year-Old Married Man Allegedly Kills Girlfriend Aged 20, Details Emerge

• A 36-year-old man from Witethie in Thika, Kiambu county, allegedly killed his 20-year-old college girlfriend, leaving the community in shock
• A video shared showed neighbours milling around the rental house in Tel Aviv street of Witethie after the discovery of the bodies
• Reports indicate that the man was married and had a child, as details on why he committed the atrocity remain a mystery

The Withethie community in Thika has been left in bewilderment after a 36-year-old man killed his girlfriend, a 20-year-old college girl.

The incident happened on August 6, 2025, and the body of the college girl was found in a rental house in the Tel Aviv area of Witethie.

Information shared by Citizen TV shows that the man also took away his life after ending his girlfriend's, with preliminary reports showing he was also married and had a child.

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations in Juja, led by Inspector Hussein Mohamed, OCS Witeithie police station, later processed the scene before their bodies were moved to General Kago Funeral Home in Thika.

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Thika neighbours speak on incident

A video shared showed a huge crowd milling around the rental after police arrived to process the scene, and they conversed about the incident in hushed tones as the bodies were being moved away.

"I hear that the object he used to strangle her has been found on the table," one woman was heard saying.

Another was heard wondering why the man had killed his lover, adding that they should have solved their relationship struggles.

"They are not the first to undergo the relationship issues," another neighbour was heard saying.

Another attributed the rise in domestic killings to the harsh economic times that have left many Kenyans depressed and thus quick to resort to violence.

"Ni juu maisha imekuwa ngumu(it is because life is hard)," she insisted.

Kenyans react to incident

The incident shocked many social media users, with many especially puzzled by the couple's age gap, while others condemned the incident.

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Here are some of the comments:

Elias Ayieta said:

"That's 16 years between them🤔. So the guy was in Form 2 when the girl was born! I have a theory: this isn't just any other murder; it's a cultural clash and war between Millennials and Gen Z. These two generations may well coexist, but they can't be in a functional romantic relationship"

Christine Kaleha said:

"At 20 years, I couldn't even allow a man to slap me, even at my age now l can't."

Margaret Maggy

"Weh..I always believe that when an age gap passes seven years, those are two generations and may not function in a relationship."

Lynn Johns said:

"We said no killing each other, you move on like an ambulance headed to the emergency room!"

How to make age-gap relationship work

Information shared by Prevention.com shows that couples in age gap relationships can have happy and healthy unions, like any other couple.

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This is because the rule of thumb in relationships is that if you have shared values and respect each other, it doesn’t matter what your age difference is.

In an age-gap relationship, open communication is important between the partners so that they can both convey their expectations of each other.

In these kinds of relationships, expect questions and judgements from critics and be ready to brush them off, as responding to every prying voice can be draining.

This is because an age-gap relationship goes against societal expectations, and criticism is thus, at times, inevitable.

Thirdly, it is important to treat your partner as your equal and not try to mock them because they are older, or boss them around because they are younger.

Nairobi woman killed by her lover

In other news, a 40-year-old woman was fatally stabbed, reportedly by her ex-boyfriend, on Friday afternoon, June 6, at Uhuru Market along Jogoo Road in Nairobi.

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The victim, identified as Fellister Kitua, a tailor and mother of two, was attacked at her workplace.

Witnesses say the suspect, Augustine Neto, arrived and called her outside. The two reportedly argued before Neto suddenly pulled out a knife and stabbed her four times in the chest.

Proofreading by Asher Omondi, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.

Source: TUKO.co.ke