A suspect in the brutal mu*der of Kenyan journalist Lilian Achieng Aluko, whose body was discovered in a house in Kahawa West, Nairobi, has been arrested.
Lilian, who served as a presenter at Radio 44, a local radio station, was found dead at her boyfriend’s residence with injuries to her face and a stab wound at the back on November 1, 2024.
The 33-year-old had informed her family that she would be spending the night at her boyfriend’s place, marking it as her final night alive.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) announced in a statement on Friday that the suspect, believed to be Lilian’s boyfriend, was captured in the Kaanwa area of Tharaka Nithi County.
The DCI collaborated closely with local authorities in Meru County to locate the suspect, whose whereabouts had been tracked since his disappearance on November 1.
Police investigations revealed that Lilian and the suspect spent the evening at a local establishment before returning to the suspect’s house in Kahawa West.
“George Mwenda Mutegi, the prime suspect in the monstrous murder of Ms Lilian Achieng Aluko has been arrested after days of scrupulous manhunt. Mutegi was smoked out of his hideaway at Kaanwa area of Tharaka Nithi county,” the statement read.
“The suspect’s arrest by a combined team of hawkshaws from DCI Hqs augmented by their Meru counterparts is a culmination of days of meticulous investigations launched on 1st November, 2024, the night Mutegi is believed to have murdered his girlfriend. After the heinous k!lling, Mutegi disappeared and erased his footprints.
“Police and the neighbours would only wake up to a slain Achieng, whose lifeless body lay soaked in blood with a stab wound at the back of her right ear and visible injuries on her face and hips.
“Probing the case, police found out that the two lovebirds had on the fateful night had a good time at a local establishment, before retreating to the boyfriend’s place of aboard in Kahawa West.
“In an ugly turn of events, the attention of the neigbours was drawn to loud screams from Mutegi’s locked house, which were quickly deafened by loud noise from his sound system.
“Unaware that the distress call was the last Achieng would ever make, the neighbours went back to their houses hoping that the duo would resolve their issues. That night, the life of a 33-year-old lady with a blossoming career as a presenter at a local radio station was ended.
“The suspect is currently being processed for arraignment as the DCI continues to investigate all other cases of a similar nature to ensure justice for all victims.”
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