Two Nigerian nationals suspected of killing and dismembering a 20-year-old woman in Kasarani, Kenya, were found to be living in the country illegally.
This is according to investigations the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has conducted.
The suspects, identified as William Ovie Opia and Johnbull Asbor, were located by-
the DCI’s Criminal Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) detectives in an apartment in Ndenderu, Kiambu County.
They were apprehended on Sunday.
However,during the arrest, several items were recovered, including a hatchet, butcher’s knife.
Among others were Kenyan national identity card, six mobile phones, three laptops, and 10 SIM cards from different telecom service providers.
Constable Benjamin Wangila of Kasarani DCI offices informed the court that the investigation team is-
seeking call data records for the recovered SIM cards and mobile phone numbers to determine if the suspects were involved in the murder.
In an affidavit filed in court,
Wangila stated that the suspects need to be escorted to the Government Chemist for DNA analysis and comparison against the samples collected from the crime scene.
Due to the suspects’ lack of a fixed place of abode and the risk of flight, Constable Wangila requested an eight-day hold at the Kasarani police station,
Where Senior Principal Magistrate Agnes Mwangi of Makadara Law Courts requested.
The suspects will remain in custody until January 31.
Therefore,It was revealed that Opia had purchased a hatchet online, claiming it was for self-defense.
Thus,the investigation is focused on a case of murder under Section 203 read with Section 204 of the Penal Code,
as reported by the owner of the short-term rental apartment, Priscila Maina.
Priscila, who is currently in custody, received information from the apartment’s caretaker about blood traces-
leading to a garbage collection point where body parts were discovered in refuse bags.
The victim’s head, however, was missing.
Despite the DCI’s earlier statement that the head had been recovered at a dam in Kiambu on Sunday-
Waeni’s family was unable to identify the head at the City Mortuary on Monday.
Records at the mortuary indicated that the head belonged to an unknown female adult.
Consequently,A postmortem conducted the previous week revealed missing fingernails on the victim’s body.
In addition, a missing mobile phone belonging to the deceased was found at the scene –
covered in a sack and wrapped in a purple blouse.
The investigation into this gruesome murder continues as the authorities work to gather more evidence and establish the motive behind the crime.
