Witnesses Reveal details of Kang’ethe’s puzzling escape as Detectives Trace Him To Machakos.
Witnesses Reveal details of Kang’ethe’s puzzling escape as Detectives Trace Him To Machakos: A special multi-agency team has been formed to nab Kelvin Kang’ethe, the main suspect in the murder of Kenyan nurse Margaret Mbitu at a United States airport in November last year, whose escape has raised a lot of questions.
According to a vendor who sells sweets a few metres from Muthaiga Police Station, the suspect was reportedly picked up by a vehicle that was trailing him as he ran east of the station, towards the National Youth Service barracks, located a few metres away.
The vendor Narrated,”I saw a man running barefoot yesterday. He wasn’t running that fast and two men were trailing him. There was also a car behind them and they disappeared into the traffic. We didn’t take it seriously so no one raised any alarm,”
Another vendor detailed that they saw two men pursuing the suspect; one in police uniform while the other in civilian attire, but after some minutes he noticed that the two turned back and headed back to the station.
The vendor stated, “They should have told us to apprehend him because he wasn’t running that fast. In fact, we thought that they were just joking with him. This place is full of people, including roadside vendors, matatu drivers, conductors and the public. We would have arrested him had they told us to.”
The witness also revealed no bullet was fired during the chase despite police standing orders allowing detectives to shoot a suspect who is fleeing lawful custody.
Speaking to the press on Thursday, detectives stated that they traced Kang’ethe’s phone signals to Machakos County and have narrowed the search to the Nairobi Metropolis area.
The special team will seek to unfold Kang’ethe’s trail and find individuals he contacted within the last 48 hours and also reach out to locals for information on the suspect’s exact whereabouts.
Detectives are also tracking down any possible accomplices and identify how he sneaked out of the police station to Machakos County.
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