Police are detaining a young man suspected of having a hand in the murder of an elderly woman. Seventy-eight-year-old Catherine Waceke went missing on Saturday, November 10, a day before her body was discovered inside the septic tank at her home in Nyathaini, Kasarani. In their preliminary probe, the detectives established that the murder was undertaken within the deceased’s compound.
A manhunt was immediately initiated for 21-year-old Victor Ambeyi, who worked for the deceased as a casual labourer. The search successfully led the detectives to Kinoo, Kiambu county, where they found the suspect. “The suspect, Victor Ambeyi, was smoked out of his hideout at Valley area of Kinoo in Kiambu County where the suspect was being harbored by his cousin, Collins Seda Wanjau, 22.
The two were arrested,” the DCI said. After interrogating the suspects, detectives furthered the investigation to Githurai 44, where they recovered the mobile phone of the deceased at a phone repair shop belonging to 22-year-old Benjamin Kimani Mwaura. He was also taken into custody. The three suspects were booked at Kasarani Police Station ahead of their arraignment, as detectives seek to unearth the motive behind the heinous murder.
by Kai Eli