DNA results conducted on the body of Rongo University Student, Sharon Otieno who was murdered while pregnant in 2018 has revealed information against former Migori Governor Okoth Obado’s murder case.
According to the fresh DNA results done and presented to court, the former county boss matched his DNA with that of Sharon Otieno’s unborn child by 99.99% signalling that he was the father of the unborn child.
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This comes after the former Governor was accused of ordering the execution of the University Students who allegedly had an affair with him resulting to the pregnancy which she allegedly refused to terminate.
According to the witness revelation, Sharon Otieno was approximately seven months pregnant at the time of her murder and photographic evidence from the crime scene revealed that Obado and his then personal assistant, Michael Oyamo, were well-acquainted with the deceased.
A post-mortem conducted on Sharon revealed that she and her unborn child died of severe haemorrhaging caused by a sharp object force trauma and abdominal trauma caused by a sharp object, respectively.
“It was visible from the deceased’s body that she was pregnant and that the body had visible injuries of a knife stub on the left side close to the heart at the time of her body discovery.”
The testimony further implicated the third accused person, Caspal Obiero, in the murder, highlighting that he hired the vehicle that was used by the perpetrator to meet the deceased.
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“It also showed how he (Obiero) played a role in getting doctored medical documents from Kisii Referral Hospital to shake off the investigators who were following up on the case.” The case is set to continue on Wednesday.