By Augustine Ehikioya
Detectives in Kenya have arrested a suspect, Suleiman Mayanja, for the murder of his lover, a 25-year-old woman.
The suspect was said to have committed the offence by throwing her from the balcony of their bedroom in Nyali’s Sunny Side apartments.
A statement by Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), and obtained by Security Watch Africa (SWA) on Tuesday, said “The suspect behind yesterday’s morning macabre killing of a 25-year-old woman has finally been cornered. Suleiman Mayanja, a Ugandan national who entered the country last month through the Busia border point, was busted by detectives at the Nyali Cinemax, where he was hiding.
“Mayanja, had sent a runner to collect his belongings from the room which he had booked on September 30, when detectives pounced on him. Unbeknownst to the runner who is a cab driver, undercover cops had laid an ambush in the apartment.
“He was immediately seized and after a few minutes of interrogation, whisked to a waiting Police Hatchback that sped towards the suspect’s hideout.
“The Nyali based sleuths have established that the suspect who came into the country on September 1, and the deceased were not known to each other previously. They had met a day before at a popular joint, where they made merry and imbibed a few drinks.
“Mayanja was smitten by the woman from Western Kenya, who was described as charming and outgoing by her friends.
“Sunday’s meeting was their second. The deceased had joined Mayanja in the rented apartment, before she met her demise at 3am yesterday morning. Her half dressed body was discovered by the apartment’s guard.
“Meanwhile, the suspect is currently being grilled for more details relating to the incident, for the appropriate charges to be preferred against him before arraignment.
“Our thoughts are with the deceased, her family and friends and DCI gives you the reassurance that we will leave no stone unturned in the investigation into this serious crime,” it stated.
Before the suspect’s arrest, the statement had disclosed that Nyali-based detectives are pursuing a man suspected to have murdered his lover at 3am today morning, by throwing her from the balcony of their bedroom in Nyali’s Sunny Side apartments.
“The suspect believed to be a foreign national immediately fled the scene after committing the crime in the devils hour, leaving other holiday makers in the apartment heavily shaken.
“A guard at the apartment was on the beat walking around his area of assignment, when he heard delirious screams of a woman from the skies, followed by a loud bang metres from where he was standing.
“Thunderstruck, he cautiously approached what seemed to be an object only to discover that it was a half dressed woman, who lay dead in a pool of blood. The guard identified as Parsaoti Ole Morinket, took flight towards the Janitor’s room, where he informed him of the incident.
“Together, they visited the scene and established that the lifeless body belonged to a 25-year-old woman, who had earlier in the night been invited to room A10, by a man named Muyanga Suleiman.”
The statement went on “They immediately rushed to the room only to find it’s door wide open and the man missing. Detectives based at Nyali were raised and they responded immediately. They combed the entire apartment in search of the suspect but he had already vanished.
“Back at the scene, vacationers who minutes earlier were asleep enjoying the ocean’s soothing breeze, stood at a safe distance conversing in low tones. Others peeped from the windows of their rooms with their mouths agape, at the sight of the horrific scene.
“Crime scene detectives processed the scene and gathered as much information regarding the incident, before finally transferring the body of the deceased to a morgue in the coastal city.
“This incident comes barely a day after two bodies belonging to a man and a woman fell from an apartment in nearby Mtwapa, in a mind boggling incident that left more questions than answers.
“A manhunt for the suspect into this murder most foul has since been launched, with a specialized detachment being deployed for his neck. His minute of arrest is nigh,” it said.