Olympic Distance Runner Found Stabbed To Death In Her Home, Husband Listed As Suspect
Agnes Tirop, who is a two-time World Athletics Championships bronze medalist who participated in this years Tokyo Olympics, is dead.
The 25-year-old long-distance runner was reported as missing on Tuesday night. Once authorities came to her home located in Iten, which is a town in the Republic of Kenya. Agnes Tirop was found stabbed to death. Now criminal investigation has started and police have listed her husband as a suspect.
“When [police] got in the house, they found Tirop on the bed and there was a pool of blood on the floor,” Tom Makori, the head of the local police department, shared with reporters.
“They saw she had been stabbed in the neck, which led us to believe it was a knife wound, and we believe that is what caused her death,” Makori added. “Her husband is still at large, and preliminary investigations tell us her husband is a suspect because he cannot be found. Police are trying to find her husband so he can explain what happened to Tirop.”
According to sports illustrated, Tirop broke the world record in the 10K road race for women with a time of 30:01.
“Athletics Kenya are this afternoon distraught to learn about the untimely death of World 10,000m bronze medalist Agnes Tirop,” the group said in a statement, in part.
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“Kenya has lost a jewel who was one of the fastest-rising athletics giants on the international stage, thanks to her eye-catching performances on the track,” the group added.
The country is currently remebering Tirop for her “eye-catching” performances.