The investigation into the murder of National Land Commission(NLC) communication director, Jennifer Wambua, has threated to turn into another cold case since the Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI) is yet to question any suspect in connection to the murder.
The Nation reported that police are yet to find any solid clue leading to the arrest of the killers. It has been two weeks since Wambua was killed.
Former Kibwezi Member of Parliament (MP), Kalembe Ndile, told the DCI to give the case the attention it deserves so that the murder is solved.
“If this trend continues, Kenyans will be discouraged to become state witnesses,” Ndile said.
According to those familiar with homicide investigations, detectives investigating a case should have a lead within the first 48 hours after being called into the scene.
If the detectives are not able to find a lead in the first two days, the chances of ever solving the case are cut by half.
The DCI was the first to take up Wambua’s case when she was discovered to be missing.
The case was then transferred to the DCI Homicide Unit a day after her body was found. The Homicide Unit is headed by Martin Nyuguto.
Reports indicate that the thicket where her body was found could have been contaminated for three days during the time when the search was ongoing. The crime scene was sealed in the presence of journalists on March 16.
Preliminary investigations are yet to find a connection between her death and the graft case where she was a star witness.
In the case, Lugari MP Ayub Savula and 22 others are accused of defrauding the Government Advertising Agency Ksh122 million.
An autopsy conducted on the deceased at the Montezuma Monalisa funeral home on March 18, revealed that she died from strangulation by hands.
Her body was found in a thicket in Ngong area on March 13, hours after she was reported as missing.
