A Kenyan man who was accused of killing girlfriend in the United States has escaped from police custody in Nairobi.
Kevin Kinyanjui Kang’ethe reportedly escaped from Muthaiga police station on February 7th, 2024 around 5pm in the evening.
On the fateful day, it is stated that a man identified as John Maina Ndegwa arrived at the station and introduced himself to the officers as a personal lawyer to Kang’ethe.
The officers are said to have allowed the request and went ahead to remove the suspect from the cells leaving him alone Ndegwa in a different room.
The police report reads “After a short while the prisoner escaped by running away and left the lawyer behind,” reads the report in part.
It is stated that at the time, the station commander was chairing a meeting but she was alerted by a loud noise of officers who were chasing the prisoner along Thika Super Highway.
Unfortunately, the officers did not manage to re-arrest Kang’ethe.
Four police officers who were on duty and Ndegwa who posed as Kangethe’s lawyer have since been arrested as they undergo interrogation on the incident.
Kang’ethe is accused of killing a 31-year-old Kenyan-born woman based in Whitman, Massachusetts whose body was discovered inside a vehicle at Boston’s Logan Airport in November last year.
Kang’ethe was presented in court on a miscellaneous application where detectives were granted 30 days to detain him.
