A postmortem on the body of slain IEBC IT boss Chris Msando has confirmed that he was tortured and strangled.
The postmortem was conducted yesterday at the Lee Funeral Home, Nairobi, by government pathologist Johansen Odour and B. Biyakika, who represented the family.
Family spokesman Peter Msando — an elder brother of the deceased — was, however, reluctant to reveal to the media the outcome of the exam.
This despite the fact that police, a private pathologist and the government pathologist were to leave the Lee Funeral Home by 5pm.
“We will inform you of the outcome of the postmortem in due course,” Pter told the media last evening.
Soon after reading the statement and promising to give a report, he and other family members left Lee, leaving journalists stranded.
However, sources familiar with the results said doctors observed that the body had visible injuries to the left arm.
This was inflicted with a sharp object. It had visible injuries around the neck and wrists — a possible indicator of torture and beating.
This latest development comes as the police came up with an investigations diary that narrowed down their probe to two possible causes.
According to highly placed sources, police are following leads that Msando could have been killed over procurement tender rows at the IEBC or a love gone sour.
The sources said investigators had identified the two theories as the most credible lines of investigation.
Msando was found dead in Kikuyu last Saturday, a day after he went missing in Nairobi.
His family identified his body at the City Mortuary on Monday.
Yesterday, Peter told the police to accept help from the FBI and Scotland Yard to unravel the motive behind the murder.
A woman whose body was picked up by the police from the same scene has been identified as 25-year-old medical student Maryanne Ngumbu.
Police investigations have revealed that Msando and Ngumbu were together at a Nairobi club, where they partied in the night.
Ngumbu recently graduated from the Kenya Medical Training College in Karen and undertook her internship at a Naivasha hospital. She is from Gachie, Kiambu.
The two were together last Friday and met at a Nairobi restaurant where they had drinks, waiters said.
A postmortem on Ngumbu’s body will be conducted today at the City Mortuary.