Police in Juja probing the death of a 20-year-old student in a suspected love triangle

Homicide detectives attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) based in Juja are probing the death of a 20-year-old student at Kirinyaga University after falling from the third floor of an apartment.

In a shocking incident that occurred at Lantana Apartments yesterday morning, Taylon Mbuthia a second-year student at the Kirinyaga based university tumbled on the ground floor and died on the spot, after binge drinking with his girlfriend, Margaret Nyambura and her other boyfriend, Brian Andaki.

According to DCI, Mbuthia had on Sunday visited Nyambura, a first-year student at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).

“They partied and had a good time in the house on Sunday through Monday, together with Margaret’s roommate only identified as Shantel and another man identified as Joe Momanyi,” read DCI report.

However, on Monday during the day, they were joined by Andaki, a fourth-year student at JKUAT, who had come to pick Nyambura.

Nyambura introduced the deceased as her cousin when Andaki inquired.

“The now five young adults continued partying until late Monday night, when hunger hit them and they decided to go look for food outside. Shantel who was already intoxicated was left sleeping,” stated the report.

“The four young adults found the nearby eatery already closed and decided to continue partying at a nearby joint until 1am.”

However, as they walked up the stairs to Nyambura’s bedsitter, an argument ensued between Andaki and the deceased, after the former realized that the latter wasn’t Nyambura’s cousin.

The two are believed to have fought at Nyambura’s door, before the deceased landed on the ground floor under unclear circumstances.

The apartment’s caretaker Dan Guchu, told detectives that he was woken up by a loud thud, before he rushed outside only to find the deceased’s body sprawled on the ground floor.

“He immediately alerted detectives based at DCI Juja, who rushed to the scene and found the deceased’s body bearing multiple fractures, with blood oozing from his mouth and nose,” read the report.

Nyambura, Andaki and Momanyi are in police custody as the main suspects, as experts from the Homicide branch join their Juja-based counterparts, to unravel the mystery.