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The alleged killer of Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei from Uganda has died on Monday from burns sustained during his alleged fatal attack against the Olympian.

The man accused of the murder is Cheptegei's former boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema Marangach. According to authorities, he died at 6:30pm local time (11:30 am EST) at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in western Kenya, Reutersreported. It is the same hospital where the Olympian had died on Sept. 5.



Marangach reportedly suffered burns to about 41% of his body from his attack against Cheptegei. The attack reportedly happened on Sept. 1, a Sunday, just after she attended church with her children. She was reportedly doused in petrol and set ablaze by Marangach.

The 33-year-old athlete had competed at the recently concluded 2024 Paris Olympics where she finished 44th in the women's marathon event.

Rebecca Cheptegei at the 2024 Olympics

Cheptegei was one of 25 athletes who represented Uganda at the Paris Summer Games, NBS Sports reported. She was among the three women who qualified for the marathon event.

It was her first Olympics.

Prior to Paris, she finished second at the 2023 Florence Marathon and 14th at the 2023 World Championships. She is currently ranked 299 in the world for women's marathon.

Cheptegei died four days after her brutal attack.