DCI launches hunt for man who killed wife, two daughters in Samburu

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has launched a manhunt for a man who brutally murdered his wife and two children in the Yare area of Samburu County last month.

The suspect, 28-year-old Wycliffe Otieno Odero, is said to have stabbed his wife to death before viciously killing his two young daughters in their sleep after he came home drunk on September 27, 2025.

“On that tragic night, the suspect returned to their rented house on the Maralal–Nyahururu road, where he lived with his wife, Ann Njeri Atheera, and their daughters, Natalia Nyambura (6) and Tyra Jones (4),” stated the DCI.

“In a fit of drunken rage, he attacked his wife, inflicting fatal stab wounds before turning his violent outburst on the two sleeping children, tragically slitting their throats.”

Following the murder, DCI says the suspect then fled the scene of the crime and has since managed to evade the police dragnet since then.

The DCI is now imploring the public to share any information that could help locate Odero by reporting to the nearest police station or through the #FichuaKwaDCI platform.