Everyone was taken aback by this news as Wanjiru was one of the many athletes who had made Kenya proud in the world of athletics, thanks to his genius in the Beijing Olympic Marathon in 2008.
Wanjiru held the record as the best marathoner, but his prowess in the track was cut short by an untimely demise that shook the country to the core.
Police embarked on investigating what led to the death of the marathon amid wrangles and squabbles from the deceased's family, especially his mother Hannah Wanjiru and his wife Triza Njeri.
The police finally concluded that Samwel killed himself after jumping from the balcony of his storey building in Nyahururu.
His mother was not satisfied because she believed her son was killed. She went to court to compel the government to carry out investigations into the death of the marathoner.
A postmortem was carried out on Wanjiru's remains and four years down the line, former government pathologist, Moses Njue, who carried out the autopsy has told a panel investigating the demise that indeed Samuel was killed, contrary to what the police had said early.
The shocking revelations reveal that Wanjiru was hit with a blunt object at the back of his neck and that his balcony was not tall enough to lead to his death.
These fresh revelations are likely to see the case take a new dimension to unravel the demise of the revered marathoner.
His wife Triza had said that Samuel fell from the balcony of their bungalow in Nyahururu, dying instantly.
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