Emerging details indicate that Susan Wairimu, wife to murdered Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen, was in the process of putting up a hotel in her hometown of Othaya, Nyeri county.
Reports indicate that the hotel was being constructed at her village in Njigari, bordering the Aberdare Forest, on a one acre piece of land which she reportedly acquired some five years ago.
However, the construction appears to have stalled, with Wairimu currently in police custody over the murder of his late husband Tob Cohen.
Villagers and neighbours from the area confirmed that the couple visited the facility sometime back, and spent the night in the neighbourhood.
However, the villagers claimed the couple gradually stopped visiting together, adding that each one of them would visit alone.
In his last lone visit in April, a neighbour said, Cohen took photos of the hotel and cautioned villagers against talking about his visit with strangers.
“The Mzungu (Cohen) used to be friendly and outgoing. He would engage in general talk with us. But in his April tour, he appeared cautious and did not speak much,” said Solomon Muchiri.
According to another villager, Ms last visited the site in June with strangers.
"Ms Wairimu was last here around end of June, and she was in company of another woman. They spent some time and left,” he told the Nation.
Speaking about the property on Saturday, Wairimu's lawyer Philip Murgor said it was co-owned by both.
"This couple married many years ago. They bought a piece of land and agreed it should be registered in his name but also agreed it was a joint property. To protect her interests, they signed an affidavit dated May 18, 2007, to confirm that they jointly owned, in equal share, the property.
"Years later when they were no longer affectionate about each other, the late Cohen tried to sell the house claiming it was his but his wife reminded him that they jointly owned the house and that it was not for sale," he said.
Cohen's body was found dumped in a septic tank within his Kitisuru home on Friday.