Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Ndegwa Muhoro on Tuesday released preliminary findings in the murder of businessman Jacob Juma.
In a press statement, the DCI boss revealed how the police learnt of Juma's death and events that took place moments before he was shot by unidentified men while on his way home.
“Two persons approached a police officer who was on duty at Ms China Road and Bridge Construction. They informed him that they had seen a motor vehicle which had shattered windows at the interchange of the Southern by-pass off Ngong road,” the press release reads in part.
Mr Muhoro stated that upon receiving the information, the officer accompanied by two others proceeded to the crime scene and found Juma "soaked in blood" on the driver's seat.
The DCI report also stated that Juma's movements as captured by the Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras showed that at 7.34pm, he was driving on Waiyaki Way opposite Westlands bus terminus heading towards the CBD in the company of a lady.
Muhoro indicated that during the ongoing investigations, police had interrogated people who were in communication with the deceased including the lady seen in the CCTV footage.
The woman was contacted and affirmed that she met the slain businessman on the day of his murder.
“She confirmed that she had met the deceased on the fateful day during lunchtime and had agreed to meet later in the evening. She confirmed to have been dropped later by a taxi driver at Rose Apartment along Brookside drive,” police said.
At 7.36pm, Juma was captured by the CCTV footage along Waiyaki way near Villa Rosa Kempinski hotel driving towards Uhuru highway and two minutes later he was at Kenyatta/Uhuru highway near Ministry of Tourism, driving along Uhuru highway towards Mombasa road.
At 7.53pm the deceased was seen at Uhuru highway near Central park, heading towards Waiyaki way then at 7.55pm he was caught at Nyerere road near Children's traffic park, along Nyerere road towards Kenyatta avenue.
According to the detectives, Juma was last captured by the surveillance cameras at 8.14pm, while at Argwings Kodhek Road near Yaya Centre towards Ole Odume.
The DCI added that investigators were also able to recover two spent cartridges on 10th May after using Advanced Detector Equipment (ADE) and had forwarded them to ballistics experts for analysis.
Muhoro further noted that every police officer who appeared first on the scene of crime had also been interrogated.
The police report also highlighted that the Crime Scenes Support Service (CSSS) personnel were responsible for taking his body to City Mortuary.
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Here is the statement:
