The mother is waiting for the results of the DNA on the remains of the discovered

Caroline told the BBC that she was very afraid of the fate of her young son who disappeared two months ago with their father – followers of the teachings of the famous hunger cult.

Mrs. Odor says that amid a continuous investigation into more deaths associated with worship that her husband’s body has identified in the coastal town of Malindy.

His body was found in July in the village of Kwa Binzaro, and the interior of Malindi and near the remote Shakhola forest, where more than 400 bodies were found in 2023 in one of the worst collective deaths associated with worship.

MS ODOR is now waiting for the results of DNA tests that are carried out on more than 30 recently discovered bodies.

“I felt the pain. I barely got to know him. His body was badly decomposing,” Mrs. Odor, 40, She said about her husband, Samuel Owenu Awiu.

She believes that her 12 -year -old children, Elijah, nine -year -old, traveled with their 45 -year -old father to Koa Benzaro at the end of June.

The priest who declared himself Paul McKinsey is currently being tried about the so-called “Shakahola Forests”-and He acknowledged that he was not guilty of unintended killing.

It is claimed that he told his followers that they would reach heaven more quickly if they stop eating – and there were fears of his contact with his followers from prison.

Mrs. Odor says that her husband was listening to the teachings of Mr. McKenzi four or five years ago.

“He changed and did not want children to go to school,” she said. “When children get sick, he used to say that God would heal them. These teachings have believed.”

Its change changed in official education and medical interventions in friction between the spouses, who gave birth to six children in their house in Modusia in Busa Province, west of Kenya, near Lake Victoria.

“The teachings were not logical to me,” said Ms. Odor. “When the child is sick, yes, I think God can heal them, but I also know that when the child is sick, you take them to the hospital.”

Two months ago on June 28, the situation took the worse when her husband came out with their children.

“He told me that he was going to his village (birth),” said Ms. Odor. “The last phone call told me,” We went, God is with you. “I said to him,” I wish you a safe trip. “

But Mrs. Odor began to question when he did not contact her again.

She later found that he did not go to his parents ’village in Homa Bay County, which is also located near Lake Victoria, about 200 km (125 miles) south of Mudulusia.

He discovered his steps, discovered that he took a bus from their home in Busia Province and traveled with children more than 900 km east to Koa Benzaro in Kilifi Province in Kenya.

The police were informed and took a word quickly through various networks in an attempt to find it.

A few weeks ago, I received a call saying that someone identical to describe her husband was at the Malindi illuminated.

It was a devastating blow.

Mrs. Odor traveled to the coastal area on August 19 to confirm her husband’s death for herself.

He was informed that his body was found in the village of Koa Benzaro on July 19 during a police raid organized due to reports of suspicious disappearance.

Police said that he was discovered in shrubs near a house suspected of having to worship hunger and appears to have died due to suffocation.

It is claimed that some of the massacres victims were suffocated if they took a long time to starve to death.

After the investigation conducted by the Kenya office of the Director of the Public Prosecution, 11 people were arrested regarding the case, including three followers of Mr. McKenzi.

Find more bodies It started on August 21. To date, 32 bodies have been extracted and more than 70 parts of the body are found in the forest.

For lady Odor, it was a terrifying process.

She said, “You see bodies that are extracted, and you don’t even know the condition of your children.” “It is very painful.”

Dr. Raymond Umolo, the chief civilian employee of the Ministry of Interior, told the BBC that the government aims to introduce strict laws to address religious extremism and extremism in the country.

“We are working on a draft law, a draft religious law, to be able to at least the existence of certain criteria for a religious organization – does it have a constitution? Who are the leaders? What kind of qualifications do they have?” He said.

He believes this will help ensure that such groups are more responsible.

Directing operations near Kwa Binzaro have been temporarily suspended as experts in killing and forensic medicine to examine existing remains.

For the population in the region, the recent investigation not only shocked them, but also made life difficult because the forest is a vital resource for them.

“We rely on the woods for firewood and charcoal,” George Conde, of Koa Pinzaro, told the BBC. “Now because of what happened was not allowed to enter. They need to comb the entire forest and put an end to these sects once and forever.”

Mrs. Odor continues to wait painful to learn where her two sons are.

“I was looking for one of my children going to the seventh grade and the other fourth grade,” she said. “Every time I see a child wearing a uniform, I feel pain because of his absence. I don’t know how to do.”