A postmortem exercise confirmed that hotel intern Margaret Wambui died from multiple severe fractures sustained after falling from a 34-storey building in Nairobi.
The postmorterm, conducted at the Nairobi Funeral Home, established that Wambui died instantly from injuries suffered in the fall.
The motive of the incident is yet to be known, police said on Wednesday.
Family members and friends attended the post-mortem examination, which was conducted in the presence of a pathologist appointed by the family.
“We had our family doctor present during the post-mortem, and we have been informed that she indeed died from the fall. Almost every part of her body was fractured, although her head did not sustain any injuries,” said a relative, Maina Gathogo.
With the postmorterm now complete, the family hopes detectives will establish exactly what transpired on the rooftop on Saturday night. Her body was discovered on Sunday morning at about 1 am.
According to investigators, Wambui spent more than 40 minutes on the rooftop of the building taking photographs before the incident on Saturday night.
Detectives who reviewed CCTV footage from the building premises have ruled out any third-party involvement in her death, saying the footage does not show anyone else with her on the rooftop at the time of the incident.
Investigators say Wambui entered the building shortly after 8 p.m. and was later captured on CCTV on the rooftop, where she spent more than 40 minutes taking photographs while a security guard conducted routine patrols.
At one point, detectives say, she was seen standing near the edge of the rooftop. It is believed that moments before the fall, the security guard briefly left the area to use the washroom. That was reportedly the last time Wambui was seen alive.
The body of the late Wambui was found in an adjacent building.
Her handbag, which contained her phone, workplace clothes, and other items, was recovered on the rooftop.
A bag recovered from the rooftop contained personal belongings, including a small purse, a Visa card and an IEBC voter registration card bearing.
Her sudden death has left her family devastated, bringing to an abrupt end her dream of building a career in the hospitality industry.
Police believe she died by suicide. The motive has however not known.
But the family says she had not shown any signs to suggest the issue of suicide.
The family has begun burial preparations as police continue investigating the circumstances surrounding her death.
Suicide has been a leading cause of deaths in the country amid efforts to address the same.
