Detectives have apprehended three suspects in connection with the brutal murder of a 22-year-old security guard during a robbery at Engako Bar in Nyachenge trading centre on November 26, 2024.
In a statement on Friday, December 6, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the breakthrough came after days of relentless investigation, leading to the recovery of key evidence implicating the suspects.
DCI said the gang ambushed outside the bar, viciously attacking him with crude weapons and made away with alcohol.
"On the fateful evening, the gang ambushed the 22-year-old guard at Engako Bar which is located within Nyachenge trading centre, clobbered him with crude weapons, and left him for dead. As the victim bled his life out, his assailants broke into the bar and disappeared with Sh26,000 worth of alcohol," DCI stated.
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The investigating agency noted that the incident was reported by Tabaka area chief, prompting authorities to deploy a specialized team of detectives to track down the culprits.
"Acting on intelligence leads, the investigators traversed the county of Migori, flushing out the 1st suspect - Festus Odhiambo aka Arum, 31. At his hole, the sleuths seized a set of blood-stained clothes," DCI added.
Further questioning of Odhiambo led investigators to Kisii township, where two additional suspects, Thomas Momanyi Omenta, 31, and Grace Kerubo Oseko, 26, were arrested.
"After an investigative interview with Odhiambo, the Gucha-based hawkshaws sharpened their claws on two other suspects, Thomas Momanyi Omenta, 31, and 26-year-old Grace Kerubo Oseko. The two were nabbed within Kisii township, and from them, a mobile phone stolen from the primary scene recovered.
"Today, the Sub-County Head of Investigations led his team in conducting an identification parade, after it emerged that the trio had reveled at the bar earlier on the fateful night of murder. Frequent consumers of frothy waters at the joint positively identified them," DCI added.
The suspects are currently held at Nyamarambe Police Station under a court-sanctioned miscellaneous application to facilitate further investigations.
