Man Uses Famous Hotel As Escape Route After Killing Girlfriend

A manhunt for a man suspected of killing his girlfriend in cold blood before escaping has been launched in Molo, Nakuru County by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

According to the DCI's report on Monday, December 5, Moses Njeri is believed to have stabbed his 28-year-old girlfriend Hannah Ndirangu in the chest before escaping, following a heated argument over an unspecified issue.

The woman’s neighbours from the sleepy Tayari farm were the first to stumble on the deceased’s lifeless body, after gaining access to her wooden house through an opening in one of the walls.

"The suspect is believed to have escaped through the opening of the house located behind a quiet, decades-old hotel that made its name for offering mouth-watering roasted ribs of the Molo Lamb, at the height of the pyrethrum boom in the 80s and early ’90s," revealed the DCI in part.

A sombre mood engulfed the neighbourhood following the discovery, as shocked neighbours tried to come to terms with the sudden death of the woman whose lifeless body lay sprawled on a wooden sofa in the house. 

Detectives based at DCI Molo who rushed to the scene after being notified of the incident recovered a bloodstained vegetable knife, suspected to be the murder weapon. 

Crime Scene experts processed the scene before transferring the deceased’s body to Molo Sub-County hospital, and a manhunt for the murder suspect was immediately launched.

DCI detectives on Friday, November 18 arrested the main suspect behind the brutal murder of Naneu Muthoni, who was found dead on Monday, November 14, at Onyonka estate in Lang'ata sub-county, Nairobi.

Thomas Muthee Ng’ang’a, who was the husband to the deceased was arrested along the Kenya-Uganda border in Malaba, where he was hiding since the murder was reported. 

"The suspect who had a hunch that detectives were on his trail was drunk to the bone hoping from one drinking den to another in exasperation. 

"The suspect is believed to have masterminded the gruesome murder of his lover whose lifeless body was found sprawled on a sofa, with a deep cut on the forehead and blood oozing from her nose," stated the DCI.

Patterns of blood splatter were also visible on the walls and floor of the one-bedroomed house, which was conclusively documented by detectives drawn from the forensic crime scene investigations unit, based at the DCI National Forensic laboratory.

At the time of the suspect’s arrest, some personal effects belonging to the deceased were recovered from him.

He was charged with murder contrary to section 203 as read with section 204 of the penal code and produced before the court to answer to his crimes.