The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has reportedly released fresh details outlining why they believe Joseph 'Jowie' Kuria and his then-fiancee, TV Journalist Jacque Maribe, murdered Monica Kimani.
The Star reveals that statements by DCI officer Maxwell Otieno and Brian Kasaine, who had been arrested and then released in connection with the murder, contain overwhelming evidence against Jowie and Maribe.
Kasaine narrated the happenings of September 20, 2018, when the police believe Jowie tried to destroy evidence.
He told the police that he received a WhatsApp call from Jowie at around 2 am seeking to know if he had 'paraffin or anything flammable or air freshener in the house'. Kasaine added that Jowie told him that he wanted to burn some stuff.
Kasaine also narrated the events of the night of September 21, 2018, when he found Jowie bleeding at his gate and quoted Maribe telling him "he shot himself".
"He was shouting at his fiancee Jacque Maribe immediately he saw her there saying 'you want me out of your house, it is fine, bury me in Lang'ata then went quiet. Jacqueline didn't answer him," the statement by Kasaine read.
On his part, the DCI officer revealed that tests by the Government Chemist in a report reference A 199/2018 dated December 13, 2018, confirmed that DNA profile generated from a short Jowie wore on the day of the murder marched that generated from Monica's blood sample.
On Maribe, Otieno stated that her car was at the scene of the crime and she was seen in it on the same night.
"The accused person witnessed the burning of the clothes by the first accused on the night of the incident near her residence," Otieno listed this as the second supporting evidence.
He also stated that Maribe's phone was within the same area of the incident and was switched off at about 10:25pm, which is about the time the murder happened and was switched on at around 9:52am the following day.
"Considering the above, it is evident that the accused persons jointly murdered the deceased," Otieno's statement read.
He gave the fourth reason as that Maribe gave contradicting statements on how Jowie had sustained his gunshot injury, thus depicting her as "dishonest and hence her alibi in respect of the date of the murder is not believable".
His final reason of Maribe's involvement was that she and Jowie were spotted at Club 40 Forty almost immediately after the incident and later in the same car when it was spotted near the scene of the crime.
The two statements are reportedly part of the documents that will be relied on from Tuesday when the trial of the murder that happened on the night of September 19, 2018, kicks off.
