Dutch billionaire Tob Cohen's body was supposed to rot in the watery grave he was found in before the police got around to discover it, the Daily Nation on Monday, September 16, reported.
The publication alleges that Cohen's killers went to great lengths to make sure that they threw investigators off the trail of where the body was located.
They alleged that at his Kitusuru home, the manhole where the body was located had been sealed with cement and a heavy water boiler put on top to make it look like an innocent stand.
A leopard sculpture is also stated to have been knocked to the ground and placed on the side of the manhole to hide its presence, except to a prying eye.
In addition, the Daily Nation also reported that some of the trees in the compound had been pruned and the dry twigs piled on top of the empty tank to make it look like an innocent corner with firewood that draws little attention.
It is also reported that one of the suspects in police custody had told the police that he had been contracted to build a small structure on top of the tank, without knowing what lay beneath.
Cohen had reportedly built that tank to store rainwater and give life to his lawns, but he ironically ended up being buried in it.
The Daily Nation's report also claims that tests show that the tank was emptied on July 19, and based on Kinoti's statements, that was the night Cohen disappeared.
“The people who killed him had a lot of time that night,” DCI Kinoti had stated in a presser.
Police stated that Cohen was smothered using a rope inside his house, with his hands tied behind his back.
The body was then wrapped in bedding and nylon sheets to stifle the odour which would have attracted the attention of the neighbourhood. The metallic cover of the septic tank was also sealed shut with cement.
Cohen, who came to Kenya in 1987, met Wairimu in the course of his work and hired her as his personal secretary. They then got married in 2007 and she moved into his house in Kitisuru.
Towards the end of his life, however, he was not in good terms with Wairimu, as one of his final letters authored through Musyoki Mogaka & Co advocates on July 12 complaining to the DCI read.
“My client is astonished at the manner in which the law is being applied to his disadvantage since no step has been taken by police officers at Parklands Police Station to prosecute Wairimu despite enough evidence demonstrating her guilt," he lamented.
