Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Thursday, October 14, 2021, arrested Paul Magara Morara, a suspected serial killer and rapist who has been terrorizing residents of Ruiru, Kiambu County.
According to DCI, the suspect has killed three ladies and seriously injured four.
"Suspected serial Killer and Rapist who has been the nightmare of Ruiru residents for the last four months has been arrested. Paul Magara Morara, 29, who has killed three ladies and seriously injured four within the period, was arrested today in a scrupulous operation by Ruiru detectives, who were acting on an attempted murder report.
"Shockingly, Magara has remained in the detectives list of wanted persons since 2020, but the masked hitman was only known by his alias name,Mkisii," the DCI says in part.
According to DCI Ruiru profiling, the masked Magara occasionally struck ladies in the hours of darkness, killing and seriously injuring some before removing and escaping with their panties.
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"It all started with one such shocking incident in 2020 at Kiunguru area around Ruiru Bypass, when a woman who had been seen with a man a night before was found dead in her room, with one of her breasts chopped off. Following the scanty leads obtained from the crime scene, detectives pursued the anonymous perpetrator for months but in vain.
"Later in January 2021, a young lady who worked at a hair company was found murdered at a local lodging in a similar style, moments after she was spotted with Magara. After months of receiving several attempted murder incidents all reported by female victims, another lady was found murdered in her rental house at Magorofani area of Wataalam. The mysterious agent of death had caused untold panic and terror in the area, with word having it that a vampire was roaming in the dark hunting down women.
"In what called for a round-the-clock manhunt for the perpetrator by all Ruiru sub-county officers, the killer struck again in September 7, by breaking into the house of two sisters aged 18 and 19, where he stabbed and left them for the dead. One of them is still admitted at Kenyatta National Hospital's Intensive Care Unit," the statement adds.
File image of Paul Magara Morara
The suspect is also said to have attempted to steal a baby in Wataalam on Wednesday morning.
"As pursuit for him heightened, the bloodthirsty monster crept into the house of a couple when they were asleep early morning yesterday, stabbing the woman at the neck and vanishing in the dark in seconds.
"The husband rushed his 22-yr-old lactating woman to hospital, amidst shock as to how their attacker managed to master their padlock from outside, execute the attack and disappear as he soundly snored. The woman is recuperating well.
"Believing that the attacker was still around Wataalam at that early hour, police in Ruiru launched a thorough comb of the area, luckily managing to nab four suspects and recovering a mobile phone that belonged to one of the camped metres from the house of Magara's brother ambushed the prime suspect as he headed to have breakfast at his kin's place.
"As early as 6am, the dusty 29-year-old had a backpack containing a hammer, 7 female panties and an electrical bulb holder. Further investigations have o far revealed that Magara joined a cult back in 2013, which promised to be paying him for every kill on a woman. Strangely, showing a woman's pants would confirm that he indeed deserved a pay. He had however been double-crossed after a Sh30,000 down-payment, but continued with he monstrous attacks," the statemen ends.
