2024-07-16 16:25:37
Kenyan police announced the detention of Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, a 33-year-old man, who confessed having murdered 42 women. This announcement came after the discovery of nine bodies mutilated in a garbage collector in Nairobi, the country’s capital.
Khalusha was arrested in the early hours of Monday in Nairobiwhile apparently luring another victim. The head of the Criminal Investigations Directorate, Amin Mohammed, revealed in a press conference that Khalusha He confessed to having lured, murdered and disposed of the bodies of 42 women in a garbage dump Located in the Mukuru slum, south of Nairobi.
Mohammed described the suspect as a “serial killer “a psychopath who has no respect for human life.” Khalusha’s capture was achieved through the analysis of the cell phone of one of his victims.
Grisly details and police findings
During the search of the suspect’s house, police found a machete that he allegedly used to dismember his victims. Khalusha confessed that His first victim was his own wife.whom he strangled, dismembered and threw into the dumpster.
Authorities revealed that the serie of murders occurred between 2022 and July 11, 2024. In addition, a second suspect was arrested with one of the victims’ cell phones, although no further details have been provided about his involvement.
Since the searches began at the dump last Friday, several bodies have been found nine corpseseight of which are from women between 18 and 30 years oldThe police have been heavily criticised for not detecting these crimes earlier, given that the dump is less than 100 metres from a Police station.
On Sunday, a crowd gathered near the landfill to protest and was dispersed by police using tear gas. Two days earlier, the independent police watchdog announced it would investigate whether the police force may have been involved in the incidents. murders.
2024-07-16 16:25:37