Two more suspects arrested over Kware killings detained for 28 days
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Two suspects arrested in connection with the macabre Kware killings arraigned in court July 17, 2024. PHOTO | COURTESY
Two
more suspects who were arrested in connection with the macabre killings in
Kware, where dismembered bodies have been found stuffed in sacks and dumped in
a quarry, were on Wednesday detained for 28 days to allow police conclude
investigations into the matter.
Amos
Momanyi, who was apprehended on Tuesday, was found in possession of a mobile
phone and two Safaricom SIM cards belonging to one of the victims, Roselyn
Akoth Ogongo,
Upon
interrogation, Momanyi reportedly led the detectives from the Directorate of
Criminal Investigations (DCI) to Moses Ogembo, who he said sold him the
cellular device.
The
DCI told the court it needs more time to detain Momanyi saying his “rental
house within Pipeline Estate is still an active crime scene which is believed
to hold more evidence, and which has not been forensically documented for
security reasons.”
“The
scene of crime is still an active crime scene and therefore sufficient time is
required to forensically document it ensuring all body remains are retrieved,
recovered and postmortem done in order to ascertain the cause of death,”the
investigative agency noted.
It
further told the court that it has so far recovered 13 female body parts which
are severely dismembered and at different stages of decomposition from the
Kware dump site between July 11 and July 15, 2024.
The
body parts were thereafter moved to the Nairobi Funeral Home, where at least
two of them have since been identified by their families.
“On
the 15th July 2024, the Chief Government Pathologist conducted post mortem on
some of the recovered body remains and opined that the cause of death was due
to blunt force trauma. He further stated that the body remains had been
dismembered into parts and there is a general similarity in all the victims'
body remains depicting a serial killer associated criminal activities,”DCI
officer Patrick Wachira stated in an affidavit filed in court.
“During
the post mortem, various body samples were obtained and forwarded to the
Government Chemist for further forensic analysis and which the results are
pending. There are more body remains which are yet to be identified through DNA
analysis and through National Registration Bureau (NRB) to confirm their true
identities.”
The prime suspect in the serial killings, Collins Jumaisi
Khalusha, was on Tuesday arraigned in court and detained for 30 days
pending conclusion of the probe.
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