Director of Criminal Investigations Mohamed Amin on Monday announced that the agency made headway in solving the puzzle of the murders of women whose bodies were found at Kware Dumpsite.
Addressing the press at DCI Headquarters, Amin noted that the main suspect in the murders, Collins Jomaisi Khalisia, was nabbed outside a club where he had gone to watch a soccer match. The operation occurred at around 3:00 am.
The DCI boss further noted that upon interrogation, the suspect admitted to murdering 42 women since 2022, with the latest incident occurring on Thursday, July 11 this year.
"On interrogation, the suspect confessed to having lured, killed, and disposed off 42 female bodies at the dumping site. All murdered between 2022 and as recently as Thursday, July 11, 2024," the DCI boss stated.
"Unfortunately, the suspect alleged that the first victim was his wife namely Imelda Judith who he strangled to death before dismembering her body and dumping it at the same site. From our interrogation, all his victims had been murdered in the same style."
After he was cornered during an operation by the DCI, Jomaisi took the detectives to his house which had several items similar to those in which the nine bodies were found in the Kware dumpsite.
Amin, who was in the company of the acting Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, noted that the police found 24 sim card holders, 8 smartphones, two feature phones, one laptop, one hard drive, 2 flash drives, and a memory card.
A machete, which Jomaisi was accused of using to dismember the body parts, was also found inside his one-room house.
Other items were 12 nylon sacks, 1 Pair of industrial rubber gloves, 6 IDs for men and 2 for women, 1 pink female handbag, 2 pink female innerwears, 5 rolls of marijuana, and 4 huge clear sellotapes used to tie dismembered parts.
1 reflector jacket, 2 title deeds in his name, 2 notebooks, and other assorted items were also discovered. Kenyan money was also recovered from him.
During interrogation, Amin noted that Jomaisi revealed that his wife was his first victim shortly after their marriage in 2022. He explained that he strangled her to death out of bitterness accusing her of squandering the two businesses he founded for her.
"His arrest followed a thorough forensic analysis of a mobile phone that belonged to one of the victims, Josephine Mulongo Owino, where some mobile money transactions were conducted," Amin assured.
He further confirmed that a second suspect, who was found in possession of one of the mobile phones, had been taken into custody.
"In regards to the arrest of the second suspect, after we interrogated the main suspect this morning, he told us that immediately after the commission of the offence, he would dispose off the mobile phones belonging to the victims to other unsuspecting persons at a throwaway price of Ksh500 or Ksh1,000," Amin added.
He noted that more arrests would follow in due course.
