NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – Detectives have apprehended two suspects linked to the abduction and subsequent murder of taxi driver whose body was recovered at River Sagana on October 14, 2023.
Authorities have identified the victim as Evans Bikundo Moracha.
Stanley Collins Muthika and Kennedy Murimi Kinyua were arrested by the Nairobi Region Crime Research detectives following a night-long operation in Nyeri and Kajiado counties.
“The deceased’s disappearance was reported by his wife Teresa Masesi Kerubo at Mihang’o Police Station on October 14, indicating that he and his vehicle a Toyota Vitz Reg. No. KDH 833M had been missing for three days. The deceased’s phone was also offline.,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said Friday.
After running a profile of the second suspect, detectives found him to be a police officer based at Akila Police Station in Lang’ata, but who has been on interdiction after deserting the service.
He is in the rank of a Constable and designated as a driver in the station.
A Search in his house saw the recovery of the deceased’s mobile phone and a stun torch which the suspect confessed to have used to light their way to River Sagana where they disposed the body.
Detectives say that it was on the same day that the Assistant Chief Githuri sub-location in Murang’a County reported to the police of an unknown male body having been found at River Sagana.
The naked body had multiple head injuries.
Police took the body to Murang’a Level 5 Hospital Mortuary for autopsy and identification through fingerprinting and analysis at the National Registration Bureau (NRB) offices.
It was later identified as that of Evans Moracha, whose wife had just reported missing.
The Nairobi Region crime researchers backed up by the operations unit took over the matter in a scrupulous manhunt for the monstrous faces behind the heinous murder.
The two suspects have since been placed separately at Capital Hill and Kilimani Police Stations pending further interrogations.
The forensic-led intelligence has since revealed a well-choreographed murder plot that led to the disappearance and subsequent death of the 47-year-old victim.
In the new development, detectives have since established that Moracha was picked from his house by the killer duo on the night of Oct 11, in the presence of his wife.
“Days later, the deceased’s car was stealthily driven back to Teresa’s (the wife) neighborhood and securely abandoned a safe distance from her house,” the DCI said.
Cyber-crime detectives whose services have been sought linked Teresa to the two suspects, after numerous conversations including negotiations for unclarified payments among the three were retrieved.
The communication dated back before Moracha’s abduction, during and after the recovery of the body.
Police hence believe that Teresa, who is yet to be arrested, is the mastermind behind her husband’s heinous murder.
“Her report on the missing husband might have been an afterthought after getting wind of the body’s recovery in Murang’a,” DCI said.
Investigations are ongoing to unravel the motive behind the murder.
