Ugandan Olympic marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei died from “full organ failure” just four days after a shocking and brutal assault at the hands of her boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema. Reports revealed that ...

The long-distance runner died on Thursday, Sept. 5, four days after she was allegedly doused in gasoline and set on fire by her former partner Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She ...

KINYORO, Kenya (Reuters) -On the morning of Sunday Sept. 1, Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei was preparing to go to church from her home in the highlands of western Kenya. Her ex-boyfriend ...

Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire, at a military funeral in a remote town near the ...

The 33-year-old died at around 5 a.m. local time on Thursday, Sept. 5, per local reports Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work ...

Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei died Thursday, four days after police in Kenya said her boyfriend set her on fire, a tragedy that Kenyan athletic officials cited as part of a concerning trend in ...

The father of Ugandan Olympic long distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei has called for justice after she was burned to death in an attack by her partner earlier this week. Cheptegei was hospitalized in ...

Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has tragically and senselessly lost her life due to an extreme case of domestic violence. Cheptegei, a marathon runner who competed for Uganda at the 2024 ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in an attack by her partner. She was 33. The ...

Rebecca Cheptegei’s former partner has died from injuries sustained in the attack that killed the Ugandan Olympic athlete. Dickson Ndiema was pronounced dead on Monday, September 9, at Moi Teaching ...