DCI unmasks main suspect behind Rita Waeni gruesome murder
The Directorate
of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has released CCTV pictures of the main suspect
behind the gruesome murder of 20-year-old university student Rita Waeni.
Waeni was found dead on January 14 in a short-term rental apartment in Nairobi’s Roysambu area. Her body was dismembered and its head was missing. It was later found at a dam in Kiambu County on January 21.
In a statement
issued on Wednesday, the DCI said it has conducted elaborate forensic analyses and
that the murder probe is at its advanced stages.
“Elaborate
forensic analyses have so far been done by the investigating team, capturing
the deceased's last moments and linking probable suspects to her murder.
Further, detailed statements by persons of interest have been recorded and more
data sourced from digital platforms to ensure that all leads to Rita's
killer(s) are utilized,” the investigative agency said.
Detectives appealed
for information about the whereabouts of the prime suspect in the murder, a man
only captured by CCTV cameras walking Waeni to her scene of death.
“The
Homicide Directorate calls upon anyone who can identify the man whose images
(though blurry) appear on this post, to come forward and share information that
may assist in his arrest,” DCI said.
The agency
says it has established that the unidentified man first initiated communication
with the late Waeni on October 2, 2023, through an Instagram account under the
name Carlton Maina.
DCI says
the account name was later changed several times and finally pulled down
immediately after the student’s murder.
Detectives
believe the suspect visited several hotels in Nairobi West in October 2023 and
the Roysambu short-term rental apartment along TRM Drive on November 7 and Nov
11, 2023.
“He is also
believed to have a criminal mind evidenced by his way of evading CCTV cameras.
He is fluent in Swahili and English and has knowledge of Nairobi and its
environs,” read the statement.
Waeni was
buried in a private ceremony on February 5.
The court had allowed police to detain William Ovie Opia and
Johnbull Asbour, who had been in police custody since January 22, but directed
that they appear before investigators once a week as the probe continues.
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