Body of Missing UoN Girl Found in City Mortuary
The family of Jane Atela from the University of Nairobi (UON) has confirmed the identification of their loved one at the City Mortuary in Nairobi.
During a press briefing on Sunday, October 26, 2025, Patrick Mwangela, the guardian of the 20-year-old, mentioned that the body likely arrived at the morgue on October 17, 2025.
“The body must have been recovered by the police on the seventeenth, and that area was the same proximity within which the crime was committed,” he said.
The body is, however, decomposed beyond recognition, save for parts, and the family now depends on the DNA report to fully identify their kin, who was brutally murdered.
“The view of the body is such that very little flesh remains in the part of the body. Part of the left leg is badly done, and the skull is separate from the body. The skull also bears evidence of violence,” Mwangela said.
“The only thing we are asking the government is to initiate a DNA, maybe that is the only one that would put us into the light, as if this is the body we are following up or dismiss it and continue following the body of an individual that is still missing.”
The family of Jane Atela, a second-year student studying for her Bachelor of Education, reported her missing after she vanished on October 3, 2025. She had left her friends on campus to meet her boyfriend nearby, but by 7 p.m., her phone had gone silent, and she never returned.
After days of desperate searching, her family went to Kikuyu Police Station in Kiambu to file a report. Shortly after, they started receiving calls—one person claimed Jane was in Kilgoris, while others were demanding money to “release” her.
The family made their way to Kilgoris, desperately hoping to find her, but their search ended in heartbreak with no sign of Jane. They returned to Nairobi, feeling drained and anxious, yet still clinging to the hope that she would find her way back home.
According to the Kikuyu Sub-county Police Commander, several phone numbers associated with the scam are currently undergoing forensic analysis as detectives work to unravel the mystery.
Neighbors, who preferred to stay off camera, mentioned that Jane was last seen at her boyfriend’s house, where the two had a serious argument before she disappeared.
The boyfriend, who is the primary suspect, has since been taken into custody by the police for questioning and is awaiting his day in court.
Body of Missing UoN Girl Found in City Mortuary
