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19 Mar, 13 tweets, 3 min read
Joseph Kinyua Murimi, the prime suspect in the suspected Murder of 23-year-old Velvine Nungari Kinyanjui, will remain in police custody for 10 days as detectives piece up the evidence and complete investigations surrounding Velvine's death.
This ruling was made virtually by >>>
>>Kiambu Law Court 1 Chief Magistrate Hon. Patriciah Gichohi, following a miscellaneous application for custodial orders made by detectives based at Kiamumbi, who took over the case from Kiamumbi Police Station.

The unfortunate events that would later claim Velvine's life were>>
>>reported to the police at Kiamumbi, where a Rape report was booked and the 33-yr-old suspect arrested.

Reportedly, the suspect claimed to have met Velvine two days before their February 23 date. On this day, Kinyua had picked Velvine at Kirigiti, before the two proceeded to>>>
>>Q West restaurant in Kahawa West for some drinks.
After some time, they moved to another restaurant (Kijito) along Kamiti Road, then to Sinnot Hotel where they booked a room.

Officers from Kiamumbi Police Station gathered that the two had been captured on cctv cameras at the>>
>>restaurant's reception, collecting the key to their room at around 9pm.

A bar attendant whose statement was recorded stated to have ushered out the suspect at around 10.30pm, an hour and a half after the two entered their room.
Allegedly, Kinyua had told the barman that he had left Velvine in the unlocked room to rest as she was exhausted, and that he (Kinyua) couldn't spend the night out since he was married.

Kinyua, a salesman who trades in assorted spareparts, then drove away to his home, taking>>>
>>Velvine's mobile phone along.
The following day in the afternoon (Feb 24), Velvine had called a female friend from the hotel requesting her to go along with another person to help her get to hospital.

Velvine's friends took her to Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and>>
Research Hospital in a cab, before proceeding to report the incident to the police.

Velvine was treated for spine related complications & cervical fractures for several days.
Acting on the report, Kiamumbi police arrested the suspect, seeking custodial orders for 5 days which>>
were granted by the Kiambu court. Thereafter, Kinyua was charged with Rape, & released on sh 100,000 cash bail.

Sadly, on March 9, Velvine passed on at the hospital. She had been an employee at Ruiru's Destiny Park.

A pathologist who conducted her autopsy on March 11, made a>>
>>report of her having developed compression fractures on her vertebral column, before succumbing to collapse of the lungs.

However, Dr Kimani (the pathologist) said he had collected more samples to run histological and toxicology tests, which would take some time before >>
>>>getting the results.

DCI detectives based in Kiamumbi then took over the case on March 12 and rearrested the suspect.
Seeking custodial orders, the detectives were allowed 6 days to hold the suspect, to allow fresh interrogations and compile a Murder file.
Having unearthed new information pertinent to the case over the period, the detectives were today granted the extended time before presenting the suspect to plead to the Murder charges.

Meanwhile, the file has this afternoon been taken over by DCI Homicide Branch.
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18 Mar
Investigations into a Monday morning incident where two men were shot dead by a police officer saw his arraignment today, after detectives established that the two were murdered in an illegal deal gone sour.

After the March 15 4am shooting, senior sergeant Douglas Okwii >>
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The officer narrated how, on sighting him, the two; 28-yr-old Sanita Kombe & Boniface Ondigo 33, bolted>>
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18 Mar
Detectives based in Ongata Rongai have launched investigations into the suspected Murder of a 28-yr-old woman whose body was found dumped in a thicket last evening, after she went missing a week ago.

Ms Joan Gloria Rumbale, a casual labourer at the area's Kazi Mtaani, had in >>
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After a day of no communication & fruitless search for her, her sister informed the police of her disappearance on Saturday 13, where the report of a missing person was circulated and probing initiated.
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Heeding to a call by detectives who attended the scene where a lady's body>>>
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13 Mar
Following the overwhelming public outcry over photos and video clips that went viral, depicting a young woman brutalizing minors belonging to her former employer, detectives have this afternoon arrested the perpetrator.
Our attention into the matter was also drawn to videoclip posted by the children’s distraught mother, appealing for information that may lead to the perpetrator’s arrest. Her children; two boys aged 5 and 11 are currently admitted in hospital, in critical condition,
nursing stab wounds and other injuries inflicted by the perpetrator. In a heart-wrenching appeal posted on social networking sites, the victims’ mother flanked by her friends and well wishers appealed to anyone with information on the suspect’s whereabouts, to come forward.
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12 Mar
Following last Friday’s incident in Kisumu where a man snatched a firearm from a Traffic Police Officer and went into a shooting frenzy, killing two people and injuring several others, DCI detectives from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau alongside their
Anti Terror counterparts have reasons to believe that the assailant was not just the ordinary criminal, but had prior to the attack received training in tactical maneuvers and weapon handling.
Preliminary forensic investigations indicate that the assailant’s details cannot be traced in respective government records. The three identity cards that were found in his possession belong to other individuals who have since been identified.
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12 Mar
A 79-Year-Old man from Kakamega's Murhanda location was early today arrested after he was literally caught pants down while defiling a school going child at a tea plantation in Liyenga village.

Elijah Andrea Esani was ambushed by a security officer at Itenyi Secondary School,>>>
>>>whose walk home after a night shift was cut short by a scattered primary school uniform near the farm.

Drawing closer, he found the helpless 13-yr-old class six pupil struggling in the jaws of the paedo, and immediately raised alarm as he wrestled him down.

The old man was>>
>>lucky to have the area assistant chief alert the police, just as irate members of the public were thronging the scene.

The minor has since been treated at a local health centre & in stable condition.

Meanwhile, Richard Nyonga Kufwa joins this weekend's guests of the state,>>>
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