The body of a nine year old standard two pupil who was abducted in Shinyalu last Friday has been found in a sugarcane plantation.

The decomposing body of Prudence Ang’ara had both hands mutilated with the rib cage reaped open.

Internal organs like lungs and liver were removed except for the heart. The deceased was a pupil at Injira primary school.

The father, Evans Witende, said the child who was in company of a classmate was going home for lunch when they were teased by a neighbour on reaching Likusitsi.

“The two children fled in different directions with the deceased going towards the school while the other ran towards home. She even passed by my gate as we sat outside with my wife but we didn’t suspect anything,” the plant attendant at West Kenya Sugar Company narrated.

"It was after we learnt that the child was missing that the other child narrated what had happened saying she thought my daughter reached home."

Witende said that it was him who had prepared the child for school that fateful day.

“I was at home having been off duty and I woke the children early in the morning and prepared them for school. I hoped that I would see them again before I left that evening for work but she never returned home,” he said.

The matter was reported at Shisasari police post in Shinyalu and search begun.

Kakamega county police commander Bernard Muli said a suspect by name Wilson Alusiola was arrested on Saturday and was assisting police with investigations.

“We are making good progress on the matter,” he said.

Her body was moved to the Kakamega county referral hospital mortuary awaiting post mortem examination.

Initial investigations by the police indicated that Ang’ara was raped before being killed.

Police also indicated the location where the body was discovered may not be the same scene of crime.