The ex-boyfriend accused of setting Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei on fireplace, killing her, has died from the accidents he sustained within the horrifying assault, in line with a report.
Dickson Ndiema died on the Moi Educating and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, on Monday night, sources from the hospital informed Nation Africa.
The Olympic athlete’s estranged beau was taken into the hospital after the alleged assault and was positioned in an intensive care unit with burns over 30 p.c of his physique.
Cheptegei was hospitalized in the identical facility as Ndiema, with 80 p.c of her physique burned.
The Olympian died from organ failure on Thursday.
“The harm had already occurred by the point she was coming in,” Dr. Kimani Mbugua informed the Kenyan information outlet The Commonplace final week.
“We supported her organs as finest as we might, however sadly, it was past what we might do.”
She was 33.
The sadistic ex is believed to have damaged into Cheptegei’s house — which she in-built Kenya, close to the Ugandan border — whereas she was attending church together with her 9 and 11-year-old daughters.
Ndiema was accused of ambushing Cheptegei when she returned house, then pouring gasoline on her and lighting her on fireplace throughout a dispute over the land that she purchased close to the nation’s athletic coaching middle, in line with Trans Nzoia County Police Commander Jeremiah ole Kosiom.
One in all Cheptegei’s daughters revealed that she discovered her mom burning and was allegedly kicked by Ndiema as she tried to place out the flames.
“He kicked me whereas I attempted to run to the rescue of my mom,” the unidentified daughter informed The Commonplace.
“I instantly cried out for assist, attracting a neighbor who tried to extinguish the flames with water, but it surely was not attainable.”
“We’re deeply saddened to announce the passing of our athlete, Rebecca Cheptegei, early this morning, who tragically fell sufferer to home violence,” The Uganda Athletics Federation wrote on X, eulogizing the Olympic runner.
“As a federation, we condemn such acts and name for justice. Might her soul relaxation In Peace.”
Cheptegei completed in forty fourth place within the ladies’s marathon on the Paris Olympics final month.
The marathoner additionally gained the Padova Marathon in Italy and completed fourth within the Abu Dhabi Marathon in 2022.
She represented Uganda within the 2011 and 2013 World Cross Championships in Punta Umbria, Spain, and Bydgoszcz, Poland.
