Alleged Killer of Ugandan Athlete is Dead – Hospital

The Kenyan hospital where the former partner of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who is suspected of killing her by dousing her in gasoline and setting her on fire, was being treated said on Tuesday that he had passed away from wounds he had incurred during the attack.

Dickson Ndiema Marangach, her ex-boyfriend, passed away on Monday at 7:50 p.m. (1650 GMT), according to Daniel Lang’at, a spokesman for Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, western Kenya, where Cheptegei was also receiving treatment before passing away.

“He died from his injuries, the burns he sustained,” Lang’at told Reuters.

Thirty-three-year-old Cheptegei, who competed in the marathon at the Paris Olympics, suffered burns to more than 75% of her body and died four days after the attack. 

Source: Reuters