Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a middle-aged man,Charles Olweny Agana, who allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend and set her body on fire within Nairobi’s Njiru area on Friday last week. – By John Mutiso.
The suspect, who has been on the run since the Friday incident, was ambushed on Wednesday morning at an apartment in Kayole.
According to the DCI, the suspect locked himself up at house on the fifth floor of the house and was threatening to commit suicide by jumping off the balcony.
The suspect was arrested after an hours-long standoff as the detectives tried to convince him not to take his life. A huge crowd milled around the scene baying for the suspects blood.
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The burnt body of the 34-year-old Margaret Muchemi,who is a resident of Njiru in Kasarani sub-county,was found tied to a bed by neighbours who were responding to a fire at her house.
Margaret reportedly invited her estranged boyfriend to her home to iron out their differences before the tragic turn of events.
The man is believed to have murdered his ex girlfriend in Njiru by tying her up inside her house and setting it on fire.Two house helps who were employed by the deceased said that around 8am they were asked to leave the house to give the deceased and the suspect some private time to iron out their issues.
Later in the afternoon, the house went up in flames and despite the efforts to put out the fire, nothing was salvaged.According to homicide detectives who visited the crime scene, the deceased appeared to have been tied before her house was set ablaze.
