KIAMBU, Kenya, Oct, 15 – The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has launched investigations against social justice advocate turn politician Gladys Chania over the alleged murder of her husband, George Mwangi.
Chania was arrested by sleuths on Friday as detectives seek to unravel the murder mysteries.
According to preliminary reports, she is the main suspect after the deceased body was found dumped in Kieni forest within the county on Wednesday. The suspect is said to have reported a missing persons case at Kamwangi Police Station and then again at Mwea Police Post.
Also in police custody are four people being grilled by detectives who further expected to aid investigations.
Casual labourers working in tea plantations located in Kamunyaka, discovered the deceased’s body on Wednesday, October 12, 2022.
His body was wrapped in a polythene bag and covered under a heap of cartons.
Chania allegedly told police that her husband was alive this past Sunday and that he suddenly left heir home never to return again.
She said that he had left his mobile phone at home.
The DCI said that the 58-year-old deceased man who was a Rwanda-based contractor was likely killed in his own bedroom before being dumped in the forest.
“As detectives investigating the murder most foul have gathered, George Mwangi of Double M International based in Kigali, Rwanda, was killed following a love affair involving him and his mistress identified as Lucy Muthoni, a secretary at a local school,” said the DCI Who further noted that,” Detectives based at the Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau and the Homicide department who are currently combing the scene of the murder, have recovered some of the murder weapons used to kill the Rwanda based engineer hidden in the master bedroom, the primary scene of the murder,”
Recovered and admitted as evidence by Homicide Detectives are blood-soaked bed sheets, curtains and clothes hidden in a locked room adjacent to the master bedroom.
“Forensic experts based at the Crime Scene Investigations unit have also detected blood splatter patterns on the bedroom walls, wardrobe and along the stairway indicating that the father of three was killed in the house before his body was dumped kilometres away,” said the DCI.
Chania who is set to be arraigned next week has several pending cases in court including one where she was accused of fraud.
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