"My son died like an animal," said Meshack Ojwang, before breaking down in tears in front of journalists outside Central Police Station in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
His only son Albert Ojwang had been arrested in their village of Kakoth, near the western town of Homa Bay, the day before - on Saturday 7 June 2025 - as he was having lunch with his wife Nevnina Onyango.
One of the five arresting officers told the family he was accused of insulting a police boss on social media.
"We asked the police if he was going to be safe, because we had heard stories of some people being abducted," Ms Onyango told the BBC. "They assured us, at the point of even them giving us their numbers."
When Mr Ojwang was booked into Central Police Station at around 21:30 on the Saturday night he was allowed to phone his wife.
