The body of Jane Mwende Mwanzia, a 29 year old  Mlolongo Hairdresser who went missing about two weeks ago has been found dumped in a pit Latrine.

According to the police, The body was found a few kilometers from her workstation in the area.

Mwende went missing on August 25, 2023 after receiving a call from someone who claimed to be a client.

The next day, she failed to turn up to work and concerns were heightened a while later when she did not pick up her child from her home in Machakos.

Family, friends and colleagues of Mwende have been frantically searching for her since she disappeared.

They said they had been to police stations, hospitals and even to morgues without success.

Suspects who were arrested in connection to her disappearance led the police to where the body was. They had earlier misled the detectives to a Magongo forest in Wote area of Makueni County.

In a dramatic turn of events, the suspects would later change the narrative leading the police to Kiserian before revealing the actual scene where Mwende's body was discovered in Mlolongo.

Police suspect love triangle as well as her involvement in the real estate business as possible motive.

It is alleged that Jane and another woman in Mlolongo town, have been in a dispute involving a man who has already been questioned by the police.