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US Commends Kenya Police for Apprehending Homicide Suspect Kevin Kang’ethe in Westlands

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The US Embassy in Nairobi has counseled the efforts of Kenyan regulation enforcement for apprehending Kevin Kang’ethe.

Kang’ethe is suspected to have murdered Margaret Mbitu in Massachusetts someday between October 30 and November 4, 2023.

“United States regulation enforcement, the Kenyan Directorate of Prison Investigations, and the Workplace of the Director of Public Prosecutions have been working facet by facet to find and seize the fugitive,” mentioned the Embassy on Tuesday.

“The US and Kenya are dedicated to strengthening regulation enforcement cooperation to apprehend prison offenders, get rid of prison actions, and advance justice.”

The fugitive was nabbed on Monday at a nightclub in Nairobi’s Westlands.

He had an Interpol Pink Discover on his head.

Kang’ethe has been on the run since November final yr when he flew from USA to Kenya amid homicide probe.

He has denied the homicide claims in talks to his household.

Police on the Gigiri police station mentioned they’d knowledgeable authorities and have been ready for identifiers from the US police to assist in facilitating the method of figuring out the suspect.

Kenyan detectives had final November obtained a request from the US authorities to arrest Kang’ethe for alleged homicide in Massachusetts.

The sufferer’s mom mentioned she was planning to breakup with the suspect.

An arrest warrant was issued on November 2, after Massachusetts State Police discovered the physique of 31-year-old Margaret in a automobile at Boston’s Logan Airport Central Parking storage the evening earlier than.

Officers within the US had additionally urged the suspect to give up.

“We urge this suspect to show himself in to authorities earlier than he or anybody else will get harm. We’re making each effort potential to apprehend him and to start the method of in search of justice for Margaret Mbitu and people mourning her tragic dying,” Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden mentioned in a press release then.

Whitman police mentioned Margaret was final seen leaving work in Halifax round 11pm on October 30.

Sooner or later after that, investigators mentioned she was murdered.

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