Fugitive police officer Corporal Caroline Kangogo, the prime suspect in the murder of two men on diverse dates has prompted fear in the police service as detectives scramble to trace her movements.
In new revalations, Kagongo is said to have sent a threatening message to her enstranged husband, a senior officer attached to the Maritime Police Unit in Mombasa, that she would also go after him.
34-year-old Kagongo, hit the headlines on Monday morning when detectives in a circular to all police divisions revealed that she was a person of interest in the murder of Corporal John Ogweno in Nakuru and Peter Ndwiga in Thika.
A police signal stated that Kangogo had spent the night with Ndwiga in a lodging in Juja, Kiambu county, about 200 kilometres from the scene where she killed Ogweno.
According to Directorate of Criminal Investigation(DCI), Kangongo is believed to be the last woman who was seen walking into a room at Hotel Dedamax in Kimbo, Kiambu County where the body of a man identified as Peter Ndwiga was found lifeless.
“The rogue officer who took off with Ogweno’s firearm a loaded Ceska pistol lured a man to Dedamax Hotel in Kimbo, Juja area at around 4 pm yesterday. She later emerged from the room at around midnight and fled to an unknown destination, leaving the dead man’s body sprawled on the bed,” read the statement.
CCTV footage captured Kangogo, dressed in a yellow hoodie, leaving the hotel at around 12.30am on Tuesday.
Another screen grab of the footage obtained from cameras at the VIP lounge shows her walking into the hotel with the deceased.
Detectives, led by Juja Sub-County Police Commander established that the two booked the room on July 5.
At the scene, police recovered a spent cartridge and a car key for a Toyota Probox.
Kangogo is a sharp shooter who has served in various stations including the Kiganjo Training College over the last more than ten years.
She has served at various police stations which are; Police Training College in Mombasa, Kaloleni police station for 3 years, Kenya Police College and her current workstation, Central Police Station in Nakuru where she has been for almost three years.
In 2015, Caroline was promoted to the Corporal rank, one which she has served in for 6 years now.
Nakuru County Police Commander Beatrice Kiraguri said Kangogo had no records of indiscipline and was a gentle person.
She served in the crimes department and thereafter as court orderly where she was in charge.
However, some of her colleagues termed her as confrontational and many times she responded with force when threatened.
Kangogo is believed to have been a sex worker besides her work in the police service.
It is said that her marriage ended over infidelity and that she was violent towards her husband.
Together with her former husband, they have two children aged 8 and 11.
Police officers are now calling on the suspect to surrender to avert further disaster.
DCI boss George Kinoti has appealed to the public to help them get the woman, who he termed as rogue, armed and dangerous.