NAIROBI Kenya January 29 -The main suspect in the murder of a Kenyan woman in the US, Kevin Kangethe Kinyanjui, was on Monday night arrested at Alchemist Club in Westlands Nairobi.
Kangethe, who is suspected to have murdered Margaret Mbitu shortly before boarding a 16-hour flight to Nairobi to avoid prosecution, had been on the run for almost three months.
The tickets, it has now emerged, were bought early on October 31 morning, just hours after Margaret’s death.
The International Police Criminal Organization (Interpol) had issued a Red Notice against Kangethe. The Red Notice is a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action.
Detectives from Gigiri Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detained the suspects who was later forensically identified by the US law enforcement authorities.
The suspect is expected to be arraigned on Wednesday as the extradition process begins. Kenya has an extradition treaty with the US.
An arrest warrant was issued on November 2, after Massachusetts State Police found the body of 31-year-old Margaret in a car at Boston’s Logan Airport Central Parking garage the night before.
On November 3 last year, investigators in Massachusetts released Kangethe’s photos, one of which was captured on security cameras at Logan Airport as Kangethe fled for Kenya.
Mbitu was found dead with stab wounds in the front passenger seat of a car at Boston Logan Airport on November 2, just two days after her family reported her missing.
Preliminary investigations revealed Kangethe stabbed Mbitu several times before dumping her body at the airport’s Central parking garage and boarding a flight to Kenya.
According to Mbitu’s mother, Rose Mbitu, her daughter was dating Kangethe but she was trying to end the relationship.
Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden urged Kangethe to turn himself in to authorities before he or anyone else gets hurt.
“We are making every effort possible to apprehend him and to begin the process of seeking justice for Margaret Mbitu and those mourning her tragic death,” Hayden said.
The deceased lived with her family in Whitman and worked in Boston Area Multi-Services Inc (Bamsi) in Brockton, about 7.2km away. 
On October 30 night, she drove 62 km to Boston Logan Airport to see Kang’ethe, who lived in Lowell, about 80km from Margaret’s home in Whitman.
A surveillance footage placed Margaret’s car in Lowell and in Chelsea, Massachusetts, the day before she was killed.
The 31-year-old nurse clocked out of her shift at 11pm last October 30.
She got into her white Toyota Venza and drove off, in what would be the last time she would be seen alive.
Those close to Margaret knew she would return home after work. Family members reported her missing after she did not return home and could not be reached by phone.
It is still unknown whether she knew her partner was planning to travel to Kenya.
Two days later, Massachusetts State Police officers found Margaret’s body in her car. Authorities have not revealed much, except that preliminary evidence points to Kang’ethe as the prime suspect.
The deceased graduated from Quincy College in 2018, and was a naturalized US citizen.
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