{"id":72163,"date":"2022-10-24T15:39:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T15:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyan-nurse-stabbed-to-death-by-patient-in-the-us"},"modified":"2022-10-24T15:39:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T15:39:55","slug":"kenyan-nurse-stabbed-to-death-by-patient-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyan-nurse-stabbed-to-death-by-patient-in-the-us","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan nurse stabbed to death by patient in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>June Onkundi, who hailed from Kisii County and was working as a nurse practitioner in Durham City, met her death after she was attacked with a knife by a mentally deranged patient she was taking care of, killing her on the spot.<\/p>\n

Police later arrived and took the suspect into custody.<\/p>\n

The suspected murderer, James Gomes, 47, who was described by local TV stations as a serial criminal who has allegedly spent more than half of his life in prison, is said to have been released recently after serving time in jail for other criminal violations.<\/p>\n

A local TV in Raleigh, ABC 11, described the deceased as, \u201cmother, wife, sister, cousin and a psychiatric nurse practitioner, Jane Onkundi was the epitome of love, taken too soon while doing exactly what she loved.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us as family members, it is very painful we are saddened that the same very population she had the passion and desire to help is the one that finally took her away from us and let us now grieving with four children and a husband,\u201d said Andrew Nyabwari, a brother-in-law to the slain nurse.<\/p>\n

The incident happened at a psychiatric centre known as Freedom House Recovery Center where police were called to intervene in an emergency but arrived to find the Kenyan nurse already killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am confused because a place of work is supposed to provide safety mechanisms for the staff members to be safe just to make sure another family member does not go through the pain that we are going through today,\u201d said Nyabwari.<\/p>\n

The deceased who had a Master\u2019s degree in Psychiatric Nursing was about to commence her PhD program at Duke University, a leading institution of higher learning in North America.<\/p>\n

A nurse practitioner in the US is an assistant doctor who is certified to prescribe medicine and carry out medical diagnoses.<\/p>\n

WRAL TV station described Gomes as a misogynist and incorrigible criminal who had been charged previously for targeting women in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe suspect has a history of attacking women,\u201d said Sarah Kruger, a reporter with the TV station in Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

The reporter said court records showed that Gomes had spent more than a third of his life in prison.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach time he gets out of prison, it\u2019s a matter of mere months before he gets back behind bars again. Gomes was convicted in 2006 of attempted rape and kidnapping,\u201d said Kruger quoting government and court records on TV.<\/p>\n

Authorities in North Carolina said that while working as a janitor at a local elementary school, Gomes was arrested for attempting to rape his co-worker with a knife threatening to slit her throat.<\/p>\n

Authorities further revealed that Gomes was released from prison in 2018. However, nine months later, the suspect was charged with and convicted of kidnapping and assaulting a woman by strangulation.<\/p>\n

The suspect was released from prison four months ago, according to court records, leading to his latest crime of murder.<\/p>\n

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