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The body of Dorothy Bosibori Ongera, a 35-year-old Kenyan woman who was buried by her partner in the US has been exhumed following a court order.
Justice Brooke Allen of Probate Court No. 2 in Tarrant County, Texas issued the order on Thursday following a petition filed by Dorothy’s father David Ongera.
Dorothy was found dead inside a bathtub at her house in Dallas on December 17th, 2020, and was buried on December 28th, 2020 in a public cemetery by her partner Obadiah Kinara, who claims to be her next of kin.
The judge barred parties in the case from interfering with Dorothy’s remains until the matter is determined.
“After the exhumation, there is no person with the powers to direct the cemetery as to the disposition and whether or not an autopsy shall be performed,” the court ordered.
The hearing of the case to determine who has the right to bury the deceased will commence on March 23rd.
Dorothy’s family is also seeking to have an independent autopsy conducted to establish the cause of her death after the first post-mortem carried out by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office ruled out foul play.
“The only time I saw my daughter was on December 16th. I was never allowed to view her body. All family members, including her children, were barred from the burial ceremony,” Mr. Ongera told the court.
Kinara says Dorothy was his wife and he had the right to bury her but Mr. Ongera insists that their union was not legally recognized.
Dorothy, a mother of six, was living with Kinara, with whom she had three children. The father of the other children is Dorothy’s estranged husband Dennis Nyakundi Mose, who lives in Kenya.
“I loved my wife and I’ve been deeply hurt and affected by the social media campaign orchestrated by my in-laws to create the impression that I had something to do with the death. I believe some people are doing this because they are targeting my children and the insurance payouts,” Kinara told Nation in an interview last month.
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Foul play is Suspected in her Death. That's why they want to do Autopsy (that will Exonerate or Implicate the Suspect).
Total waste of time, money and adding stress to a grieving partner and kids. Hizi fujo na upuzi za Kenya...someone killed her...Africans eat poorly, drive poorly, sleep around yet somehow, WE DO NOT DIE. Someone always kills us!!! Relations destroyed for a lifetime.
@Seneca, She did not die of natural causes. The cause of death has to be determined.
@Seneca hakuna funjo hapa. Actually this is the best thing to happen so far as far as this whole matter is concerned. No 1. Natural or not natural death the truth will be out there for all.
No 2. Both sides will have closure and finger pointing will stop.
No 3. Justice will have been served.
I believe any normal person will not rest until they know for sure no one had a hard in their loved one death.
@Seneca hakuna funjo hapa. Actually this is the best thing to happen so far as far as this whole matter is concerned. No 1. Natural or not natural death the truth will be out there for all.
No 2. Both sides will have closure and finger pointing will stop.
No 3. Justice will have been served.
I believe any normal person will not rest until they know for sure no one had a hard in their loved one death.
Wewe... Hii kugeneralize watu tafadhali wacha... Mimi nimKenya and I do not eat poorly nor drive poorly. And yes, likely there is foul play. Everyone deserves justice. If that is the case. Bad people who hurt others will likely do it to someone else if they get away with it and they do not belong in society to have such opportunities to hurt others.
Wewe... Hii kugeneralize watu tafadhali wacha... Mimi nimKenya and I do not eat poorly nor drive poorly. And yes, likely there is foul play. Everyone deserves justice. If that is the case. Bad people who hurt others will likely do it to someone else if they get away with it and they do not belong in society to have such opportunities to hurt others.
Thank God she wasn't cremated. Truth will come out eventually
There is no winner in this situation no matter the outcome.
very sad for the children who lost their mother whatever the outcome she will not come back to life so the family needs to come down and be reasonable for those left behind the spirit has left the body there is not much you can do with a dead body bury the body cremate of bring it back to Kenya the end result is the same she is gone.