CCTV footage reveals how Ruiru man dumped girlfriend’s body after killing her

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have obtained CCTV footage that shows how a Ruiru-based man dumped the body of his lover after allegedly killing her following a domestic dispute.

Ryspa Ndunge's remains were found stashed in a suitcase outside a rental building within Gatongora area of Ruiru, Kiambu County, on April 18, 2023.

Police say that the deceased's boyfriend, Morris Njuguna (28) calculatedly murdered her on the night of April 17, before disposing her body.

Ndunge worked as a cashier at a popular nyama choma eatery at Kamakis while Njuguna also plied his trade as a chef at the same establishment.

Police say that owing to the nature of their work, Njuguna would arrive home much earlier than his lover who is reported to have constantly arrived home in the wee hours of the morning following her shifts.

"This didn’t go down well with Morris who suspected that all that time was not spent on balancing the day’s sales as alleged, but on other suspicious activities," the DCI said in a statement.

"This became the source of constant arguments in their young union and on April 17, 2023, the argument degenerated into a fight leading to the deceased’s demise, after she arrived past 3am."

Despite murdering his lover, Njuguna reportedly showed up for work the next morning, as per his routine, and allegedly claimed that Ndunge had decided to quit her job.

Despite the couple moving in together just five months before the incident, Njuguna also alleged that he and Ndunge would subsequently move into a new house, whose location he did not reveal to his colleagues.

After leaving work for home, Njuguna reportedly passed by a local kiosk where he purchased a sack which he intended to use in disposing the victim's body.  

"He placed the deceased’s body in a travel suitcase before covering it with the sack," said the DCI.

"The suspect then carried the lifeless body disguised as a luggage, and after one kilometre, disposed it outside the gate to a rental building, before walking off."

CCTV footage from the rental building captured Njuguna dumping the deceased's body at 9:35 pm.

The rental building's landlord reached out to officers at Gatongora Police Station after discovering the body.

Njuguna was arrested on April 21, 2023, by detectives who subsequently recorded statements from him and witnesses.

His cousin, Francis Chege (32), was also apprehended by sleuths in Mukuyu, Murang'a County after GPS tied him to the victim's phone, which he however claimed to have been given to him by Njuguna.

"The main suspect also led detectives to the shop where he had bought the sack used in concealing the suitcase carrying the deceased’s body," said the DCI.

Njuguna remains in custody pending arraignment where he is set to be charged with murder.