Kenya - Kate Mitchell, British BBC journalist, found dead in Nairobi hotel room, 19 Nov 2021

[MsMiniSleuth]

• Kate Mitchell was found dead in her hotel room in Nairobi on Friday
• Ms Mitchell had activated an emergency alarm in her room shortly beforehand
• Her window was broken and man was found dead on the ground outside
• Ms Mitchell worked for broadcaster's international charity, BBC Media Action

A murder probe has been launched in Kenya after a BBC worker was found dead in her hotel room.

Kate Mitchell, a British national who worked for the broadcaster's international charity BBC Media Action, was found on Friday shortly after an emergency alarm had been activated in her room, police said.

Her eighth-floor room's window was broken and the body of a man she had been with earlier was found on the ground outside the hotel.

'We are investigating circumstances surrounding these deaths, but so far it is apparent the man jumped (out of) the window after killing her,' Nairobi police chief Augustine Thumbi told AFP.

'We do not know the motive so far, and these are things the investigators are trying to put together.'

In a statement, the BBC said Ms Mitchell worked with the organisation for 14 years, including most recently as a senior project manager in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa.

Murder probe is launched in Kenya after British BBC worker is found dead in her hotel room | Daily Mail Online

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Police are investigating the death of BBC journalist Kate Mitchell whose body was found lying in her hotel room in Nairobi on Friday.

Preliminary investigations show the journalist was strangled by a man she was seen with earlier at the hotel in Kileleshwa.

The man died after he jumped from the eighth floor of their room.

He is said to have been trying to escape from the crime scene.

The two are reported to have been embroiled in an argument that turned physical.

Officials said Mitchell pressed the alarm bell when the altercation worsened but was strangled before she could get help.

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