Linah Keza

  • Rwandan national Linah Keza, 29, found in ‘pool of blood’ in block of flats
  • Daughter, 3, was at the address at the time of the attack, family friend said
  • Man, 38, arrested on suspicion of murder after handing himself in to police

A young model was found stabbed to death with her three-year old-daughter ‘crying next to her in a pool of blood’, friends said today.

The body of Linah Keza, 29, understood to have taken part in Miss Africa 2010, was found at a flat in King Edward Road, Leyton, early yesterday morning.

She is believed to have had a panic button installed by police.

The case has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which will look at contact police had with her and a 38-year-old man who has been arrested over her death.

London Ambulance Service paramedics accompanied police to the address just before 4.30am, but Linah, a Rwandan national living in London, was pronounced dead at the scene.

It is understood that her daughter was at the address at the time of the attack, according to a family friend.

Herbert Muhire said: ‘[Her] daughter is being taken care of and treated for trauma and other consequences as she was found crying next to the mother who was in a pool of blood.

‘Family and friends have been briefed how she was killed and died a gruesome death.

‘Everything is being done that Linah’s body be brought and buried in respect at home in Kigali [Rwanda].’

Tributes to Linah from friends and relatives were left on a Facebook page set up soon after her death.

Azun Jezan wrote: ‘So sad, may her Soul rest in peace and her daughter and family be strong on these difficult sad time.’

Another, Justine Twongyeirwe, wrote: ‘Will miss your smile darl linah. RIP’

This morning, the page had over 500 members and some had posted images of Linah, who had worked as a model and studied social work at the University of Wolverhampton.

 

According to police, a 38-year-old man was arrested after handing himself in at a north London police station yesterday.

Linah Keza is understood to have taken part in Miss Africa 2010
Linah studied social work at the University of Wolverhampton

‘May her soul rest in peace’: Tributes to Linah from friends and relatives were left on a Facebook page set up soon after her death. Her three-year-old daughter is believed to have been found by her body

Scene: The block of flats in Leyton, London, where Linah was stabbed to death in one of the propertiesScene: The block of flats in Leyton, London, where Linah was stabbed to death in one of the properties

It is understood that her daughter was at the address at the time of the attack, according to a family friendIt is understood that her daughter was at the address at the time of the attack, according to a family friend

On guard: A police officer looks out of a window from one of the flatsOn guard: A police officer looks out of a window from one of the flats

A police spokesman said: ‘A murder investigation has been launched after woman was attacked in Leyton.

‘Police called by London Ambulance Service at 4.29am on Wednesday to reports of a stabbing.

‘Officers and London Ambulance Service attend and a 29-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene.’

A post-mortem was scheduled to take place at 11am this morning at Walthamstow Mortuary.

Investigation: Police outside the flats where Linah was allegedly murderedInvestigation: Police outside the flats where Linah was allegedly murdered

Tragedy: Paramedics accompanied police to the address just before 4.30am, but Linah, a Rwandan national living in London, was pronounced dead at the sceneTragedy: Paramedics accompanied police to the address just before 4.30am, but Linah, a Rwandan national living in London, was pronounced dead at the scene

Police conduct door to door questioning
A forensic officer at the scene

Gathering evidence: Police conduct door-to-door inquiries (left) as a forensic officer (right) attends the scene

Source daily mail