Police recover vehicle used in abduction, murder of three family members in Eastleigh

Detectives have recovered a motor vehicle believed to have been used in the abduction and subsequent murder of three family members who went missing from Eastleigh before their bodies were found.

While the recovery took place, homicide investigators at the DCI headquarters were interrogating a woman, of Somali origin, who provided crucial information.

She alleges that she was abducted along with the three victims and was held in the same room where they were locked up after being abducted.

The abductors demanded a ransom to release them, and her family managed to raise Ksh.1 million, which was deposited into an Ethiopian bank account.

Her statement is one of the critical leads being investigated in connection to these mysterious killings and police are investigating whether she was an accomplice or a victim.

Investigators also analyzed the victims' mobile phones, revealing that on the night of the abduction, the phones were traced within Eastleigh for a period, then moved to General Waruinge, Hombe Road, and one phone was switched off near Pangani.

It is suspected that after the three were killed, the suspect dumped their bodies in different locations. Nuseiba Abdi's body was left in Bahati, while Amina Abdirashid's body was dumped in Parklands.

After leaving Parklands, the suspect reportedly picked up another woman along City Road before heading to South C, where they dumped the severed hands of Warris Daud. The suspect then proceeded to Kyumbi, Machakos County, where the body of Warris Daud was abandoned.

Investigators are analyzing CCTV footage and payment details from a petrol station where the suspect fuelled the vehicle during this journey.

Further complicating the case, it has emerged that Warris Daud’s husband is in the United Kingdom, living with a second wife. Police are probing whether this second wife, who was recently in Kenya, may have knowledge of the killings.

Meanwhile, traders in Eastleigh protested the murders of the Somali women, closing their shops as a sign of mourning and demanding justice for the victims.

As the investigation continues, an autopsy on the three bodies is scheduled for Friday, with burial to follow at Lang'ata Cemetery.

On Thursday, detectives revisited two crime scenes—Parklands and Kyumbi in Machakos County—to reconstruct the events leading to the murders.