A 48-year-old woman has been found dead with her head missing in Kitui county. Margaret Kavisa John’s body was found lying by the roadside at Mbagwani village in Kakongo sub-location, Kairungu location of Mwingi Central subcounty early Monday. Eastern regional police commander Joseph Ole Napeiyan said the matter was reported to Mwingi police station as a murder incident report at 2.03 am. “The woman’s head was also chopped off and missing,” Napeiyan said. The detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations attached to Mwingi Central police station have launched a probe into the incident.