Residents of Nakuru in Kenya were shocked after they discovered a grieving widow kept her husband’s corpse inside her home for a week.

The unidentified woman from Molo in Nakuru County is said to be mentally ill and residents became suspicious after the man went missing for a period of time without any information.

While confirming the incident, area chief Evans Oketch encouraged locals to embrace neighbourliness. He said;

“We should always know whereabout of each other and help each other in times of need.”

His body was uncovered by officers drawn from Molo Police Station and moved to the morgue. Police have sinced launched probe into the matter. The residents now await an autopsy to identify the cause of the man’s death.