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Suspect arrested after killing of bodaboda operator in Kisumu
Murder suspect believed to have killed a 51-year-old bodaboda operator in a violent robbery that occurred two days ago within Kisumu’s Kasagam area was arrested yesterday.
Fredrick Kivaji alias Asman was arrested, when the matatu he was using to escape was circulated and intercepted within Mumias township.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said that after the March 28 incident, officers at Gita police post received a report of a male body dumped at a cassava plantation in Guba area, having deep cuts on the head.
“The man whose life had been mercilessly curtailed was identified as Tom Mboya Ayoo, whose motorcycle-KMFJ 763Z-was also missing and suspected to have been stolen by his assailants,” DCI said.
Detectives from DCI Kondele launched a manhunt for the perpetrators, whom they suspected to have escaped to Koyonzo area.
According to DCI, a day long undercover probing met with success when detectives learnt that the missing motorcycle had been fixed with a tracking device.
Acting on those leads, they established further that the gadget had been disabled within Namalasire village in Mumias East.
Led by the deputy In-Charge DCI Kondele, the investigating team initiated a door to door search for the bike, bumping into it at a house under construction.
A teen found within the compound gave details of the suspect who had brought in the motorcycle, hiding it in a room where a bloodstained iron bar and a sharp knife were also found.
As the body undergoes autopsy at a Kisumu morgue, the suspect is being processed for arraignment with further investigations ongoing.
