Couple found dead in their house at Shauri Yako Estate

A middle aged couple was on Saturday morning found dead in their rental house at Shauri Yako Estate in Homa Bay town .

The bodies of 43-year-old Ben Mancha and his wife Phoebe Kamire 38, were discovered by a neighbour who was bringing home their six year old child after sleepover.

According to the neighbour, the two were found lying on separate beds.

According to their landlord Joseph Onyiego, the two have been drinking a lot lately and fought a lot.

The neighbor told reporters that Mancha gave his wife Kamire Ksh.200 to buy food but instead she went to a changaa drinking den where she spent all the money only to return home drunk and without food.

The area assistant chief Jacktone Olielo however said that the couple is suspected to have committed suicide by consuming poison since there was foam oozing from their mouths.

The bodies have since been moved to Homa-Bay County Morgue as police launch investigations into the incident.