Homicide detectives in Mwingi are holding a prison warden over the gruesome murder of his wife and their one year old son in Mwingi.
Preliminary police investigations show Police Cnstable David Nduati Kimani pumped six bullets to his 30 year old wife, Joyce Mwende Ngui and her son Raji Mwende at the prison quarters yesterday night.
According to police sources, Mwende who has been staying with the suspect had just arrived from her maternal home with her son.
The suspect was arrested as he planned to escape.
“The duty officer received information that David Nduati Kimani had surrendered his G3 Rifle to the officers manning the main gate and he confessed that he had killed someone and left,” stated the police sources.
Police found six spent cartridges at the scene of crime and seized a G3 rifle as exhibit.
The bodies of the deceased were removed to Mwingi level 5 hospital
mortuary awaiting autopsy.
Nduati, who reported to duty yesterday at 6.00 pm was absent from his post of duty during the shooting incident prompting the duty officer search for him.
He is set to be arraigned to face twin murder charges. Police are yet to establish the motive of the killing.