Residents of Kisumu County’s Riat Village were on Monday shocked after finding the body of a three-year-old boy who had been missing inside a pit latrine. The boy’s body was found detached in a 10 feet pit latrine.
The boy is suspected to have sneaked from home to play with friends on Friday at around 6 pm. When he failed the boy to show up his family got worried and begun looking for him.
Bernice Masime said refused the boy to go and play since she wanted him to sleep, but he slipped out without being noticed when she went out of the house.
She added that they received the bad news on Monday morning that boy’s body was found suspended in a pit latrine at a neighbouring compound.
Albert Okumu, a villager explained that the pit latrine was left unclosed by the hefty rains in the region. Police from Kisumu area were on the lookout on Monday for the owner of pit latrine that was left open.