Murder Stories

DCI seeks to detain police officer who allegedly shot and killed colleague in Ruaraka
Joseph Ndunda  |  Mar 03, 2025

Tarus opposed the application to detain him, arguing that it does not require his incarceration for the pending investigations to be conducted.

Court allows DCI to detain suspects in murder of Briton Campbell Scott in Embakasi
Joseph Ndunda  |  Mar 03, 2025

Kithuka had relocated to a different house after Scott's body was found and before he was arrested by the DCI's Homicides Unit.

Campbell Scott murder: Prime suspect seized in Mombasa, accomplices still at large
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 03, 2025

The suspect was apprehended in Mombasa town on Sunday, March 2, after weeks of evading authorities.

Murder for hire: How a DJ, boda boda riders orchestrated Molo activist’s murder for Sh300,000 payout
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 26, 2025

The suspects are now in custody as detectives intensify efforts to track down more individuals, including those suspected of financing the killing.

Obado back in court to defend himself against Sharon Otieno murder charges
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 25, 2025

Last month, trial judge Cecilia Githua ruled that Obado, his personal assistant Michael Oyamo and Caspal Obiero had a case to answer.

MPs want homeless bedmate of patient murdered at KNH questioned
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 22, 2025

KNH representative William Sigilai told the committee that while the patient had been officially discharged, he was later returned after the shelter r...

Fresh twist as police present G3 rifle allegedly used to murder MP George Muchai
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 21, 2025

The weapon was allegedly recovered from the home of one of the accused individuals.

13 police officers, NIS agent charged with murder of two Indians, taxi driver
Charles Adinda  |  Feb 20, 2025

The two IT experts – Mohamed and Zulfiqar had been brought to aid the United Democratic Alliance (UDA's) technical teams.

Phone records uncover web of communication among suspects in Muchai murder trial
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 20, 2025

Mwangi produced a detailed analysis matrix that mapped out the phone calls exchanged among the accused from February 1 to February 10, 2015.

Horror in Kamulu: Missing boy found stabbed to death in a thicket
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 19, 2025

The gruesome discovery has left the family shattered, struggling to understand who could have done such a horrific act to their child.

High Court resumes trial of seven accused of killing former Kabete MP George Muchai
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 19, 2025

The suspects began their defence on January 17, 2025, urging the court to acquit them, arguing that the prosecution had failed to prove its case.

Murder, suicide linked to deaths of over 200 people in Nairobi whose bodies remain unclaimed
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 19, 2025

City Hall has urged families with missing persons to visit the listed mortuaries to identify and collect the bodies before they are disposed of in lin...

Murder suspect Hashim Dagane worked for Ethiopian Army, holds Somali passport and Kenyan ID
Joseph Ndunda  |  Feb 11, 2025

The DCI investigations did not disclose the specific time Hashim relocated to Garissa and later to Nairobi but it shows that in February 2024, he was...

Obado's legal battle continues as court finds he has case to answer in Sharon's murder
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 30, 2025

Through his lawyers, Obado explained that he had an open relationship with Sharon Otieno and was willing to support her and their unborn child.

Fresh report on femicide in Kenya paints a dark future if no action is taken
Barack Oduor  |  Jan 27, 2025

The report comes just a fortnight after President William Ruto appointed a 42-member task force to address the alarming rise in femicide cases in the...

DCI identifies persons of interest in Molo activist's murder investigation
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 25, 2025

Otieno, a youth mobiliser and outspoken critic of local leadership, was brutally attacked and hacked to death on the night of January 18, 2025.

How Tob Cohen was tortured and starved before death - Postmortem
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jan 24, 2025

Cohen had reportedly "disappeared" from his home on the night of July 19-20, 2019, before his decomposing body was recovered from an underground septi...

Tob Cohen’s widow Sarah Wairimu arrested over fresh murder charges
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 23, 2025

According to a source who spoke to The Eastleigh Voice, Wairimu was apprehended on Thursday evening at her Nairobi home and taken to the Kilimani Poli...

DCI wants Hashim Dagane, suspect in murder of four Eastleigh women, denied bond
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jan 21, 2025

The suspect, who fraudulently acquired a Kenyan national identity card, remains a pre-trial remandee at the Nairobi Area Remand and Allocation Prison.

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