Local Police officers in Kenya have launched investigations into the murder of a sex worker who was killed in a lodging at Salgaa trading centre in Nakuru.

The deceased, 25, is reported to have booked a room in one of the lodgings where she spent Thursday night with her client.

But inside the room, it is suspected that they disagreed with the client, who is yet to be identified, leading to a fight that led to the murder.

Rongai Sub County police commander Shadrack Maroa said the incident was reported by the caretaker of the lodging, who had gone to conduct normal inspections of the rooms, on Friday morning.

The caretaker found the blood-soaked body wrapped in blankets on the bed.

The body had a deep open cut on the forehead, with other multiple injuries.

“She had booked the room to spend with a man she met on the streets of Salgaa,” Maroa said.

According to the police, the woman might have been tortured by the assailant before being killed.

Police recovered a stained broken bottle inside the room, believed to have been the murder weapon.

Maroa said police are working with detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to trace the assailant.

“The caretaker of the lodging has provided us with personal details and mobile phone number of the suspect, details that will help us flash him out of his hideout,” said the police officer.

The body was taken to a morgue.