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Agnes Tirop’s lonesome life, hazardous love affair & murder documentary premiers

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Aug 15, 2024
Agnes Tirop’s lonesome life, hazardous love affair & murder documentary premiers

An investigative documentary tracing the life and last minutes of the world record-beating professional athlete Agnes Tirop has actually premiered on Showmax. The documentary entitled Dark Side of Glory: Death in the Heartlands produced by CMG Productions and directed by Arianna Perretta, examined the murder of 3 Kenyan female professional athletes in 2021; Agnes, Edith Muthoni, and Damaris Muthee. Tirop was discovered dead on October 13th, 2021 precisely a month after setting a brand-new world record on 12 September 2021, at the Road to Records race in Germany. Agnes was killed in cold blood simply eleven days before her 26 th birthday at her home in Iten with her hubby Ibrahim Rotich presently standing trial as the primary suspect. “Agnes was stubbed, 3 injuries on the neck. On the head, she had a huge scar. The killer utilized a cooking area knife which we discovered at the scene.” Directorate of Criminal Investigation Police Inspector Andolo Munga tells, in the brand-new Crime documentary’s most current release on Showmax. A day before Agnes was discovered butchered in her home, Muthoni an up-and-coming runner was killed in cold blood following a domestic quarrel. Her partner was charged with murder as prime suspect. 6 months later on Damaris, a Kenyan-Bahrain professional athlete was discovered strangled with her decomposing body pushing the bed with a pillow on her face. Damaris’s supposed Ethiopian fugitive sweetheart was called the primary suspect. Those spoken with by Perretta; from cops, household, buddies, next-door neighbors coach, and professional athletes, the reserved star led a troubled lonesome life, mushed in a hazardous love affair regardless of her 0n field success. From the outdoors, Agnes’ life appeared like a sporting fairy tale as she went from strength to strength. Those who spoke to Perretta, paint a photo of a girl who busked in magnificence on the tracks and fields however silently led a turbulent life behind the scenes, drowned in a hazardous marriage relationship that would ultimately lead to the loss of her life. The interviewees paint Rotich as a narcissist and a managing freak who did not permit Agnes to fraternize buddies, her household, and even to some level fellow professional athletes. “She wasn’t on excellent speaking terms with our moms and dads and often when she got home she might never ever invest a night, she constantly returned,” Eve Tirop, Agnes’ more youthful sis claims in the documentary. According to next-door neighbors, no one went to the Iten home where Agnes coped with Rotich. the couple was likewise reported to be sharing one phone. Their home was likewise set up with a CCTV electronic camera which was linked to the phone. “I utilized to understand Agnes Tirop as my next-door neighbor. Agnes never ever lived a delighted life, she lived a servant life. I never ever saw anyone going to the location (her home) even the siblings and siblings. After training there was a padlock on the door. They never ever had any buddies. They would go to the marketplace, return, and lock themselves in with a padlock on the door. No one might come there, it resembled hell,” a good friend who asked for to be confidential however whom we will call Mary, states. In a different interview, Martha Akello, another professional athlete who lived next door to the couple, informed The New Yorker that the couple when together shared a phone. “We were next-door neighbors, however he did not allow her to join other women. He needed to accompany her to training. It’s like she was residing in jail,” Akello is priced estimate. Mary ** shared the exact same observations. “I informed Agnes if this guy can not let you have a relationship with me and we live neighboring then I believe you remain in the incorrect relationship due to the fact that we might be making supper and sharing as next-door neighbors, having a good time, training together, or things like that. Agnes informed me, I believe you are best due to the fact that this guy we are utilizing the very same phone. I can not have any tricks even talking with my household I can’t discover time to since we are sharing the very same phone,” The late Agnes satisfied her then-to-be partner Rotich in 2010 while still a High school trainee. She was 14, then, and Rotich, 29. The union didn’t calm her moms and dads as Agnes left of school. When the matter was reported to the cops, Agnes and Rotich eloped ultimately transferring to Iten where they cohabited in your house where her lifeless body was discovered on that eventful day. Agnes and Rotich would later on get wed in trick in 2016. Her household was not welcomed. On the eventful day when she was butchered, Agnes had actually simply fixed up with Rotich after he pleaded with her to go back to their matrimonial home she had actually deserted for months after he presumably attacked her. Her lifeless body was discovered pushing the bed with knife injuries. Rotich was detained 5 days later on in Mombasa and was charged with murder in November 2021 which he rejects. He was launched on bail on November 2023 after 2 years in custody. Nairobi News is now offered on Telegram. For handpicked stories every day, sign up for our channel today.

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