Police arrests woman for faking own kidnapping and demanding Sh30,000 ransom
Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI) have arrested two suspects for conspiring to defraud one of the suspects’ parent by claiming she had been kidnaped.
Clare Muthoni was arrested yesterday night at a bar with her friend Diana Wanjiku.
According to detectives, Muthoni’s mother, Jane Wamuyu, a resident of Sattelite in Riruta, received a message from her (Muthoni’s) phone number informing her that she had been kidnapped two days ago.
The alleged captors were demanding a ransom of Sh30,000 to secure Muthoni’s release failure to which, the message stated, “her throat would be slit open.”
The message was accompanied by a photo of Muthoni with her hands and legs tied, and a kitchen knife beside her.
Wamuyu was further warned that her daughter would also be killed if she contacted the police over the situation.
However, with little else to do, she went ahead and reported to the Karen Police Station anyway, upon which detectives from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau of the DCI took over the matter.
After intensive interrogations, detectives realised that Muthoni had hatched the plan to stage her own kidnapping, and demand a ransom from her mother.
The two are now in lawful custody awaiting arraignment.
