Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have made a major breakthrough in the case where they are investigating the disappearance of 44-year-old Julius Gitau, who went missing on September 21, 2020.
It has now been confirmed that a suicide purportedly authored by the tycoon was forged, with authorities now delving on two theories that may have prompted the foul play.
Police are now pursuing two theories; either, his family members hatched a plot to eliminate him in order to save the estate from running bankrupt or he planned his disappearance to avoid the wrath of the creditors.
Prior to his disappearance, officers indicated that Gitau had secured a Ksh46 million loan using assets work Ksh200 million as collateral. In addition, he also took a Ksh58 million life insurance cover but used it to borrow Ksh 10 million.
The bad business decisions took him to the precipice of bankruptcy with auctioneers eyeing his Ksh600 million empire.
According to Nation, Gitau had three wives, Lucy Wahu, Rachel Muthoni and Celina Nelly as well as three concubines, who have since his disappearance presented themselves.
In total, around 16 children have been associated with Gitau.
"There is no one in our family who is polygamous and I wonder why Gitau had all these lovers," Rosemary Wanjiru, his mother stated.
Wanjiru added that police were yet to present to him any tangible material for the case.
"Police have not furnished me with any evidence to show that they are committed to the search. My lost son was a great pillar in my family. He provided me with meals, medication and security," Gitau stated.
Gatanga DCI boss John Kanda has since indicated that the case remains a mystery, adding that it had been classified as pending under investigations (PUI).
"Gitau was last seen in his shop in Thika town on September 21 at around 9 am. He then drove to the gym in an old van and at 10am, called his driver from Blue Post Hotel before he vanished. Unfortunately, none of these places has a CCTV camera that could authenticate those claims so we have been left to piece broken parts and put them together," Kanda stated.
Following his disappearance, it was believed that Gitau had committed suicide by jumping into a river.
Detectives, however, ruled out suicide at the river explaining that the spot where he might have committed suicide is busy and people would have seen him.
The suicide note was also left on Gitau's van, which detectives say was forged.
