DCI Link Female Kiambu Politician To Murder Of Husband

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has exposed a female Kiambu woman representative aspirant in connection to the brutal murder of her husband in September 2022.

DCI stated on Friday, October 14 that the deceased, George Mwangi, a contractor based in Rwanda, was murdered in his own bedroom after he returned to his palatial home in Mang'u, Kiambu County for holiday 

The 58-year-old husband and father of three who had returned home on Tuesday, September 13, was killed in cold blood hours before his return flight and his body dumped in Kieni forest, Kiambu County.

DCI detectives at a crime scene in Mang'u Kiambu county Friday, October 14, 2022. /DCI

"As detectives investigating the murder most foul have gathered, George Mwangi of Double M International based in Kigali, Rwanda, was killed following a love affair involving him and his mistress identified as Lucy Muthoni, a secretary at a local school. 

"The deceased’s wife Gladys Chania, a Kiambu based politician who unsuccessfully vied for the Kiambu Woman Rep position in the last elections has been identified as the main suspect behind the murder," stated the DCI.

Detectives based at the Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau and the Homicide department who combed the scene of the murder, recovered some of the murder weapons used to kill the engineer hidden in the master bedroom, the primary scene of the murder. 

The sleuths also recovered blood soaked bed sheets, curtains and clothes hidden in a locked room adjacent to the master bedroom. 

Forensic experts based at the Crime Scene Investigations unit also detected blood splatter patterns on the bedroom walls, wardrobe and along the stairway.

The DCI deduced that the father of three was killed in the house before his body was dumped kilometres away. 

Mwangi was reported missing by his wife Chania, on October 11, 2022 at 8 pm at Mwea Police Post in Gatundu North, Kiambu County, vide OB No. 18/11/10/2022.

Casual labourers working in tea plantations located in Kamunyaka, discovered the deceased’s lifeless body that was wrapped in a polythene bag and covered under a heap of cartons on Wednesday October 12.

This prompted them to inform the area chief who reported the discovery to authorities. 

The lifeless body of the Rwanda-based engineer dumped in Kieni forest Kiambu county Wednesday, October 12, 2022. /DCI