One more suspect has been arrested in connection to the dumping of a badly mutilated body at Lang'ata Cemetery on October 31, 2024.
In a statement on Thursday, November 7, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said Jared Mong'are was arrested in Eldoret and several items including a bloodstained panga believed to be the murder weapon recovered.
"Acting on intelligence leads, the detectives established that Mong'are, who was smoked from his hide out in Eldoret town, is the person who, not only handled all payment transactions relating to the clients stay at Lavington Valley Heights Apartment, but is also the person who drove them to the venue in a Toyota Vitz Reg. No. KDD 737Q that has since been recovered at Ngara Civil Servants estate and towed to DCI Hqs for forensic examination," DCI said.
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According to the investigating agency, detectives also questioned a woman who ran an Airbnb business where Mong'are, the main suspect, Hashim Dagane Muhumed, and the victim stayed, leading to the recovery of more items belonging to the victim.
"Alice Mbinya (Airbnb owner) indicated that the stuff she had moved from Valley Heights Apartment were still intact as packaged by the movers, and that some had been dropped at her residential house in Kilimani and the rest at her other business in Gatundu. She then led the detectives to her home where the said stuff was unpacked, therein discovering a handbag which she indicated was not part of her belongings. The same is believed to belong to the murdered victim," DCI said.
It added, "The search was furthered to Gatundu where the second batch of the stuff from the primary scene had been stored. Therein, a blood-stained panga and another set of exhibits similar to those recovered at Langata Cemetery were recovered. And just like at the house where the murder was committed, notable were the efforts made by the suspect to clean any traces of blood, but not perfectly enough by someone in a hurry."
Additionally, DCI said Mong'are was in possession of the victim's communication devices which he used to contact her family several times.
"Meanwhile, detectives have also established that the prime suspect was handling the victim's mobile phone or sim card, which he used to call her family members several times. A forensic trail of his communication took the officers back to Lang'ata cemetery, where they combed the entire area, discovering a phone stashed in a bag that also contained clothes resembling those seen won by Deka Abdinoor Gorone, his possible victim. They have been processed and kept as exhibits," DCI further stated.
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