Missing Kenyan Mother, Daughter Found Dead Inside Their Van In Finland
A Kenyan Mother and her daughter running a food cart business went missing after reportedly leaving for work in Nilsi where they had a samosa stand, but did not return home after that.
Attempts by her relatives trying to reach them proved futile prompting them to make a report on their missing to the police on February 8.
On February 9, the bodies of the duo, Catherine Anyango 43 and her daughter Michelle, were found inside their van at the main parking lot of the resort town.
Police in Takho therefore launched investigations but further stated their suspicion that the duo might have succumbed due to effects of inhaling Carbon Monoxide after going to sleep in their van in the below-freezing Tahko temperatures.
According to relatives, the duo had been missing for 7 days.
“The deceased Catherine and Mitchell were last seen alive at 04.00 of Saturday morning doing their daily selling of food in their truck. Apparently after closing the business, it’s suspected that they decided to take a nap in the track based on the position they were found in sleeping side by side,” read a WhatsApp message.
“After the autopsy, it’s been discovered that the cause of death is inhaling carbon monoxide in their sleep leading to luck of oxygen. So it’s possible that they used charcoal to cook or something that produce carbon monoxide because the track had carbon monoxide. The police have allowed for funeral arrangements and collection of the bodies ,” they added.
The family is therefore appealing for help to get bodies of their kins back home for burial.
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