New details have emerged on the mysterious murder of the husband to Gladys Chania- a Kiambu-based politician, whose body was found dumped in Kieni Forest in Gatundu North.
One of the deceased's elder sisters revealed to the press that his brother, who worked as an engineer in Rwanda, had a troubled marriage. Detailing their final conversation, she stated that her brother sounded disturbed about his marital issues.
She added that he faced depression at the time- not knowing that the deceased would be reported missing hours later.
"He sounded disturbed and we talked for less than two minutes. I remember him telling me that ‘I am just depressed and I feel like I am close to my death,’ she spoke to Nation on condition of anonymity.
Homicide detectives drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) are retracing the deceased's final steps before his demise. Further, they arrested his wife, who was linked as the main suspect in the crime.
Preliminary investigations alleged that he was killed after the wife suspected him of having an affair with a secretary at a local school.
The police are also investigating the mysterious disappearance of a farmhand, who disappeared at the same time the engineer's body was found in Kieni forest.
Reports indicated that the farmhand, who worked for the deceased for many years, was set to hand over to a new farmhand on the day he disappeared.
Police officers privy to the matter have since revealed that the farmhand's clothes and mobile phones were found inside the couple's palatial home in Mang'u, Kiambu county.
The detectives claim that the politician reportedly collaborated with some of their casual labourers to murder the engineer. According to police, the engineer was brutally murdered in his own bedroom by people close to him.
At the Kiambu based-home, DCI detectives discovered blood-soaked bed sheets, curtains, and hidden clothes- which would be used as exhibits in court.
"The homicide department has recovered some of the murder weapons used to kill the Rwanda-based engineer hidden in the master bedroom, the primary scene of the murder," read part of a statement from the DCI.
