Joseph Irungu alias Joe Jowie, who is the prime suspect in the murder of Monica Kimani reportedly sent distress messages and placed frantic phone calls to friends who police are now looking for.
Police are looking for the four people Irungu contacted on the night of September 19 “seeking advice on an issue that was disturbing him”.
Investigations suggested that Irungu was the last person seen leaving Monica's apartment, where her body was found in a bathtub with her throat slit, on September 20.
Reports claim that an analysis of mobile phone communication revealed several hours after Irungu left the house at Lamuria Gardens off Denis Pritt Road, he called and sent messages to at least four people.
A police officer was quoted stating that the suspect also sent texts to some of his friends seeking their advice on an issue that was under probe then switched off his phone until the following day.
The identities of the friends, who are being sought for questioning to explain what Irungu told them, was not revealed.
Police cautioned that the friends would be prosecuted if it was established that Irungu had confided in them about a crime and they failed to report it.
The law states that if one does not have prior knowledge about a murder but gets to know about it and tries to assist a suspect by creating an alibi, one can be charged with accessory to murder after the fact.
Irungu, his fiancée TV journalist Jacque Maribe, and their friend, Brian Kasaine, are being held by police over Monica’s murder.
Detectives told a Kiambu court they were also trying to establish if Kasaine was in the house where Monica’s body was found.
Kasaine could become a prosecution witness depending on what he tells the investigators and if the Director of Public Prosecutions agrees to a plea bargain.
