A woman is reported to have been killed by her ex-lover in Ndemu Village, Laikipia East Sub County on Friday.
The incident is said to have occurred at the home of the suspected killer who also committed suicide after the incident.
Confirming the incident, Umande Location Chief Wangombe Wanjau said that Peter Nderitu and Beatrice Wanjiku were found dead inside the house by curious neighbours who wanted to establish their whereabouts.
He said that the body of the woman was discovered lying on the ground with deep cuts in the head and throat, while that of Nderitu hang from a rope on the roof.
"The neighbours wondered where the two were prompting them to check on them only to find the woman lying in a pool of blood and the man dangling from the bedroom's roof," said the administrator.
The neighbours also discovered a machete and a knife at the scene, weapons thought to have been used in the murder.
The villagers said that though the two who had a child together had separated, the woman paid frequent visits to the man at his house.