"He told the neighbors it was a dead rat that was smelling when they sought to know what was smelling from the house they lived," Uasin Gishu county DCI boss Peter Kimulwo said.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202301080032.html

Kimulwo said the suspect was believed to have been a longtime friend of the victim, adding that police were also looking for people seen loading a metal container into a car at Chiloba’s home.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/07/kenyan-police-arrest-suspect-over-killing-of-lgbtq-activist-edwin-chiloba

Peter Kimulwo, the county criminal investigations officer, told reporters that residents reported a foul smell coming from the box and that when officers opened it, they found Mr. Chiloba’s body wrapped in a woman’s dress.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/world/africa/kenya-gay-activist-chiloba-murder.html