Investigators have made an arrest in connection with the brutal Kware Killings. The arrested individual is Collins Jumaisha who has allegedly confessed to murdering 42 women and dumping them at the Kware quary. A total of 10 mutilated bodies were recovered from an abandoned quarry as of Sunday 14th July, 2024.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations held a press conference on Monday morning to divulge additional details to the public.
“We are dealing with a psychopathic serial killer who has no respect for human life. We have narrowed down our theories; this is indeed a serial killer,” said DCI director Mohammed Amin in a presser on Monday
Police say they arrested the suspect on Monday morning from his hideout in Kayole. His official residence is thought to be within 500 meters of the quarry where mutilated female bodies were dumped. It is unclear how long the Kware killings took place; it is however unlikely that all the killings happened daily or more than once per day.
Investigators also say the arrested suspect has already confessed to the Kware killings.
Police say the suspect was trying to lure another victim to his house in Kayole when they trailed him to make the arrest. Sources say a raid on the suspect’s house led to the recovery of ten mobile phones, seven identity cards, ten sim cards, a panga, gloves, and several sacks similar to those found with bodies at the dump site and ropes.
“We believe we have a key and prime suspect in the murder of people whose bodies have been found dumped in the Kware area,” said one officer aware of the issue.
The detectives from DCI headquarters in the operation also trailed money withdrawn from the latest victims of the murder.
Police termed the developments a breakthrough in the probe that had threatened the government amid claims of extrajudicial killings.
A mobile phone belonging to one of the victims so far identified –Josephine Owino- was recovered from the suspect in custody.
Kware Killings Identifications
So far two women including Josephine have been identified. Josephine went missing on June 26 while the second victim went missing on June 28. Josephine’s sister said she received a call from a man who told her he was with the victim. She did not go back home. Her body was found stuffed in a sack at the dump site.
The process of identifying the other victims is ongoing.
An autopsy is planned on the bodies at the City Mortuary on Monday, July 15 even as teams go on with the search of the decapitated bodies at the dump site.
Detectives were pursuing three main theories for the discovery of the bodies.
Amin said as of Sunday, the bodies that had been recovered and preserved at the City Mortuary and all females aged 18 to 30.
Whereas some of the body parts stuffed in bags were thought to be of humans, police later discovered were dogs’ carcasses.
Amin noted that the bodies were at different levels of decomposition but victims suffered equal fate.
“The modus operandi was almost the same. If you look at the age, it was between 18-30. These are all female. If you look at how the bodies have been disguised and packaged – all the same,” Amin said.
He added the Kware Killings bodies were dumped at a similar spot at the dump site.
The DCI director further argued that there are various theories they are following in the issue.
“Are we dealing with a cult that is associated with criminal activities? Are we dealing with serial killers that are also associated with criminal activities? Or even, could we be dealing with rogue medical practitioners who are dealing with criminal activities? All these are hypotheses we have tried to bring on board.”
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