Homicide detectives attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested the third suspect into the gruesome murder of Gladys Chania’s husband, the missing farmhand, John Muikiriria Mwangi and will be arraigned before a Kiambu Court this morning.
Chania is the prime suspect into the killing of her late husband George Mwangi Kamau alongside a casual labourer she hired before Mwangi’s killing identified as Morris Kamau Mbugua.
This brings the total number of those arrested to three.
Muikiriria was arrested at Karinga location in Gatundu South Sub County in Kiambu County over the weekend.
Muikiriria went missing on the same day as the Rwanda based businessman is believed to have been murdered.
Kiambu police commander Perminus Kioi said that preliminary investigations show that Mwangi was killed inside his house in Mangu and his body ferried into Kieni Forest.
“All the circumstances under which he met his death point to that he was killed inside his house and his body ferried to the forest. We have recovered some of the weapons that were used in the murder including the motor vehicle.” Kioi said.
Mbugua was hired on October 8, 2022, by the main suspect, Kiambu politician-cum-marriage counsellor Chania, a day before disappearance and death of her husband.
The two have since been charged before a Kiambu court with the offense of murder.
According to Chania, Muikiriria had worked at the home for four years allegedly failed to return home after she sent him to deposit some money on Mpesa.
A prima facie case was established against the accused, the main suspect, Chania and Mbugua and have since been charged.
After conducting a thorough forensic documentation of the deceased’s house in Mang’u, detectives based at the Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau, Homicide department, Forensic Crime Scene and Photographic units concluded that George Mwangi was murdered in his house before his body was dumped at Kieni forest.
Pieces of blood stained metal rods, blood soaked bed sheets, stained curtains and clothing were part of the exhibits that were recovered in the house by the sleuths based at the DCI National Forensic Laboratory.
The recoveries will be presented in court as exhibits.