More than 450 graves were discovered in the Shakahola Forest, Malindi, in 2023, for members of Mackenzie's church. Police are currently investigating the deaths of a further 34 people. A total of 102 different body parts were also found during the exhumations, with the bodies buried in graves less than a foot deep. Police were called to the site of the graves in the Kwa Binzaro forest, less than 19 miles from the Shakahola Forest, in July this year.