Detectives have obtained CCTV footage crucial to unraveling the murder mystery of a young woman, whose lifeless body was found stashed in a suitcase and dumped in Ruiru, Kiambu County on April 18, 2023.
Ryspa Ndunge’s lifeless body was discovered at the gate to a rental building by tenants of Mitikenda within Gatongora area of Ruiru, prompting detectives to immediately launch investigations into the shocking incident.
According to DCI, the deceased, who worked as a cashier at a busy nyama choma eatery located at Kamakis along the Eastern bypass, had barely five months ago moved in with his boyfriend Morris Njuguna, 28, a chef at the same establishment.
DCI has now revealed that the suspect arrived home on the fateful day before 10 pm while the deceased would be dropped home later at around 3 am.
"This became the source of constant arguments in their young union and on April 17, 2023, the argument degenerated into a fight leading to the deceased’s demise, after she arrived past 3 am. On the same morning, the suspect left the house and went to work as usual. He informed his colleagues that the deceased had quit her job and they would be moving out of their house to an unspecified destination.
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"That evening, the suspect went back to the house carrying a sack which he had bought earlier in the day. He placed the deceased’s body in a travel suitcase before covering it with the sack. The suspect then carried the lifeless body disguised as luggage, and after one kilometre, disposed it outside the gate to a rental building, before walking off. CCTV footage obtained by detectives showed the suspect carrying the suitcase at around 9:35pm before dumping it," part of the statement reads.
Residents discovered the deceased’s body and reported at Gatongora police station under O/B number 25/18/4/2023.
Detectives based at DCI Ruiru, who are investigating the case, arrested Morris on April 21, 2023, and recorded statements from various witnesses.
They also arrested a second suspect Francis Chege, 32, in Mukuyu, Murang’a County, who was found in possession of the deceased’s phone. Francis who is a cousin to the main suspect claimed to have been given the phone by Morris.
The main suspect also led detectives to the shop where he had bought the sack used in concealing the suitcase carrying the deceased’s body.
Morris Njuguna is currently in custody as detectives finalize investigations and will be charged with murder.
