In what they describe as “a significant breakthrough,” police in Rongai, Nakuru County, said they have taken into custody a 19-year-old guy who has been connected to several “brutal murders.”
Police stated on Tuesday that Ezekiel Mwangi “is believed to be the mastermind behind several heinous crimes” and that he has been under surveillance.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) stated that on July 14, 2024, “he allegedly defiled and murdered five-year-old Alice Ayuma Blessing, dumping her body in a maize plantation in the Mwangaza area.”
“He is suspected of killing 34-year-old Mueni Mwalimu on August 7, 2024, in Kalyet by stabbing her in the stomach and hitting her on the head with a blunt object.”
According to the investigating agency, Mwangi reportedly raped and killed 28-year-old Moraa Mugambi on August 8, 2024, at Mustard Seed in Kiamunyi, on the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway, by striking her on the head with a rungu.
Detectives noted that he was arrested and held at the Menengai Police Station pending his arraignment.
