Police are holding a suspect linked to the murder of a 26-year-old woman he met on Facebook.
Mr Richard Nyakina was arrested in Kisii by police officers from the Special Crime Prevention Unit last week and they are convinced that he killed Ms Lydia Nyaboke.
The two, according to Ms Nyaboke’s brother Japhet Mogeni, met on Facebook some time back and decided to meet face-to-face on July 23 in Nairobi.
“They kept communicating for some time before they decided to meet,” Mr Mogeni said, adding that after their meeting on July 23, Ms Nyaboke’s phone went off.
Nyakina had contacted Nyaboke on her mobile phone number, believed to have been extracted from her Facebook profile, and told her that he knew her.
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Police claim Nyakina revealed he “murdered” Ms Lydia Nyaboke at Mutuini area in Dagoretti.
“We arrested him in Gucha, Kisii, and he confessed to have killed the lady,” Head of Special Crimes Prevention Unit Noah Katumo was quoted by the Daily Nation.
“He took the police officers to a thicket in Dagoretti near Mutuini Secondary School.”
According to police, Mr Nyakina said he hit Ms Nyaboke on the head, suffocated her and used her clothes to strangle her.
The suspect was taken to the Milimani Law Courts but he did not take a plea after police sought more time to complete their investigations.
The officers also requested the court to allow them detain the suspect for seven more days.
