Murder Stories

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.

Three suspects arrested in connection with murder of IEBC official
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Jan 14, 2025

The arrests followed a week-long manhunt and were carried out during coordinated operations within the coastal region by the DCI.

IEBC calls for swift justice after senior official killed in brutal robbery attack in Mombasa
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jan 06, 2025

The IEBC described the incident as a heinous act and called on security agencies to expedite investigations and apprehend the perpetrators.

Mysterious deaths rock Kiambaa after two bodies recovered in 24 hours
Mary Wambui  |  Jan 04, 2025

Police said the woman identified as Jackline Nyambura Mungai was found partly dressed, with a blue tee shirt tightly tied to her head, blocking her mo...

Shock as irate mob lynches murder suspect after storming police post in Nandi
Mary Wambui  |  Jan 03, 2025

Three police officers sustained injuries in the ensuing melee as some items including a printer, a computer, the occurrence book, files, a table, a ch...

Convictions in murder cases bring hope in campaign to end femicide in Kenya
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jan 03, 2025

MP Wa Muchomba says the country lacks sufficient forensic labs for use in collecting, analysing and storing scientific evidence for use in cases of fe...

Hashim Dagane to face murder charges in Eastleigh women killings case
Joseph Ndunda  |  Dec 24, 2024

Senior Assistant DPP Gikui Gichuhi, head of the Homicides Prosecutions Unit at the Office of the DPP, notified the Milimani High Court that the suspec...

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