The mutilated body of a woman was found dumped in a maize plantation in Matisi village in Nzoia location, Likuyani Sub-County in Kakamega County.
Nzoia location chief Maurice Mukopi said the body was discovered by pupils of Nyortis Primary School on their way home.
The hands of the woman, suspected to have been murdered, were tied using a piece of cloth.
The legs of the woman, said to be between 50 and 65 years old, were missing.
Mr. Mukopi, who appealed to anyone who has lost a friend or relative to make a report, believes the woman was murdered elsewhere and her body dumped in the area.
The body was taken to the Kitale Hospital mortuary by officers from the Matunda Police Station as investigations commence.
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