Family of Nakuru doctor associated with killing his two children has expressed doubts that Dr. James Gakara ended the lives of his children aged five and three and later tried to commit suicide.
Gakara’s sister Mary Nyagathii who tended to the press at Nakuru Level Five Hospital said the records given by the people who visited the scene had many gaps in it.
Police said Gakara was alone from everyone else with the children when he killed them however his sister claims there were other people in the house.
Nyaguthii said that on that day, there were different people who were in the house and they ought to be questioned.
“We have some persons of interest who are yet to give an account of what happened. Dr. Gakara was rarely alone with his children as it has been alleged. We hope that those yet to record statements will shed light on the matter,” said Nyaguthii.
Nakuru West Directorate of Criminal Investigations officer Stephen Ambani said that Gakara sent the house help to his other house leaving him with the two kids in the house.
Gakara’s wife was away in Nairobi that critical Saturday September eighteenth that he is claimed to have killed their youngsters before he tried suicide
The wife got back to Nakuru from Nairobi on Sunday and was admitted at Rift Valley Annex Hospital where she became sick after she suffered a shock over the occurrence. She was discharged on Monday.
Gakara’s sister further depicted him as a caring mentor in his family who desirously protected his two children.
“My brother was at the best stage in his life. He greatly loved his children. What happened is still like a bad dream to us. I believe that the only person who can give answers on what happened is Gakara himself. He is still unconscious and in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). He is under police custody at the facility,” said Nyaguthii.
Nakuru County Police Commander Beatrice Kiraguri said police were cautioned by neighbors who heard commotion at Gakara’s home.
“We received a tip-off from the public that there was a commotion in a nearby house along Milimani area. We immediately dashed to the scene and found the lifeless bodies of the two children in the house. Their father was still breathing,” Police boss Kiraguri said.
currently here is the thing that’s confusing, police say they broke into the house and found Gakara and the children alone. The doctor’s family said there were otherpeople in the house with him at the time dependent on accounts told to them by neighbors who heard commotion in the house.
Who are these people that police didn’t find, for what reason did Gakara kill his children and attempted suicide when the family insists he would never do that?
