DCI arrested suspect in brutal murder of Molo student Joy Wangui
Kenyan police have arrested a suspect in the brutal murder of 18-year-old student Joy Wangui in Molo. The suspect, identified as the victim's boyfriend, was found with blood-stained clothing and reportedly confessed to the crime following a dispute.
Why it matters
This case highlights ongoing issues regarding gender-based violence and domestic security in the region.
A murder suspect who went on the run after the brutal killing of a Form Four student in Molo was arrested, following a sustained manhunt by detectives, police said.
The suspect was traced to a hideout in Lagwenda village, Kuresoi North, where detectives from Molo, alongside their counterparts from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) at the Regional Criminal Investigations Headquarters, Rift Valley, smoked him out of his hideout.
The suspect had reportedly fled immediately after the killing of 18-year-old Joy Wangui, a Form Four student at Molo Secondary School, whose lifeless body was discovered inside a house in the Kiambaa area, Moto Location.
Her brother, who had briefly left home for a nearby shop, returned to a horrifying scene of his sister lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen, her head severed from the body.
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