In the quiet hours before morning Mass, a Catholic priest named Father Lucio Karioki was found unresponsive behind a locked door at Our Lady of Rosary Doldol Parish in Laikipia — his absence from the altar the first sign that something had gone wrong. Police forced entry and found him dead, with no visible wounds but foam around his mouth, leaving a community and investigators alike searching for answers. Separately, in Kilifi County, a security officer named Chanzo Robert Gaya was discovered floating in a cooling plant after failing to appear for his shift handover — two deaths, in two corner
Catholic priest found dead in locked Laikipia home; cause under investigation
One Catholic priest, Father Lucio Karioki, found dead in his residence in Laikipia North Sub-County.