A postmortem exercise on the bodies of two men abducted in Kerio Valley and later executed has revealed the extent of torture they underwent at the hands of suspected law enforcers.

Families of Simon Yego, 45, and Collins Kipyatich, 22, were present on Wednesday during the exercise that left them broken as they looked at the partly mutilated bodies recovered in Rongai, Nakuru, on June 1, 2025.

According to a report by government pathologist Dr Titus Ngulungu, which The Standard has seen, Kipyatich was strangled and physically assaulted by the killers. "The cause of death was asphyxia caused by manual neck compression.

The lungs collapsed.