DCI unearths hidden details on controversial death of form one student at school

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has unearthed new details  regarding the controversial death of  Ebby Noelle Samuel, who until her death was a form one student at Gatanga CMM Secondary school, currently St Anuarite Gatanga Girl’s school. Ebby met her controversial death on the night of March 8, 2019. A report from the school administration claimed that she died after falling from her bed at night. Following the reports, DCI detectives visited the school in a bid to investigate the matter and get to the bottom of it, but the environment was unfriendly for the students to make unintimidated statements. The DCI was forced to forfeit the investigations until schools closed. During the holidays, detectives visited  friends of the deceased and her other school mates who offered crucial information on Ebby's death. According to the DCI,  all the statements recorded from students at the institution contradict information provided by the administration regarding Ebby's death. "The team has established that on the fateful night, Ebby had been assaulted severely by a senior member of the school’s administration on allegations that her hair had been styled contrary to school regulations. "This happened during evening preps time, minutes before the 9pm bedtime bell rang. Ebby, retired to bed that night with severe injuries. That was the last time Ebby’s friends saw her alive, as their efforts to wake her up the following morning turned futile," DCI said in a statement posted on Twitter. [caption id="attachment_8721" align="alignnone" width="800"] File image of DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road. |Courtesy| DCI Twitter|[/caption] The DCI further noted that a postmortem conducted on Ebby's body revealed that she died as a result of blunt force trauma, due to head injury. The DCI is now looking into the possibility that Ebby may have died from a different cause which may be known to the school administration, but they did not disclose to the authorities. "Investigations are on advanced stages and it is only a matter of time before the perpetrators of Ebby’s killing are brought to book and held accountable for their actions," DCI added. The agency has invited all students and stakeholders at the school who may have any information on the incident to avail the same to its detectives, promising that their identities will remain anonymous.