The police have revealed the identity of the prime suspect believed to be behind the gruesome murders of the three Eastleigh women — a mother, daughter and 13-year-old niece — who were killed on October 23.
Homicide detectives who are pursuing the case are now calling for the public to help locate the whereabouts of the suspect who is at large posing a security threat to the public.
Homicide detectives have identified the suspect who is aged 24. A car he used to fetch the victims was captured on CCTV which helped to reveal his identity.
Investigations conducted so far have established that the suspect was driving a car captured on CCTV cameras picking the victims from their Eastleigh home on October 21, hours before their bodies were discovered scattered later at various locations.
The vehicle was also found abandoned at Wakulima Market near ENA Coach stage, in Nairobi and towed to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Headquarters for forensic examination.
With one suspect in custody already and assisting in the investigation, the DCI is appealing to members of the public who may have information that could assist authorities track down the suspect to come forward.
The three victims murdered were aged 38, 22 and 13 years. According to the police, on Tuesday, October 22 their bodies were discovered with stab wounds at around 6am at different locations.
This is after they went missing the previous night from their house in Eastleigh Estate, Nairobi causing their kin to report the matter to the police.
One of the bodies was found at Bahati in Makadara, another one in 6th Avenue Parklands and the last one in Machakos County.
One of the victims’ bodies was found with the hands chopped off. A day later on October 23, two human hands were further recovered at South C along Five-Star Road.
The bodies are preserved at the City Mortuary. The autopsy was conducted on October 25 with DCI homicide team investigating the case.
The DCI communicated that anyone with such information may call DCI’s toll-free hotline 0800 722 203 or report at any police station.
