A 17-year-old woman has been arrested by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in reference to the brutal homicide of 3-year-old Margaret Wanjiru Kirathe.
The lifeless physique was found close to a church in Menengai, Nakuru County.
The suspect was taken into custody following an intensive manhunt launched after the kid was discovered unconscious simply 50 meters from PCEA Shalom Mchanganyiko Church.
She was rushed to Kenlands Hospital however was pronounced lifeless on arrival.
According to DCI, preliminary findings point out that the suspect allegedly lured the toddler from the church premises earlier than strangling her with a chunk of material in a close-by secluded space.
How DCI Arrested Teen
Authorities are but to find out the motive behind the killing.
Acting on intelligence, officers traced the suspect to her house in Judea Village, Menengai Sub-Location, the place she was arrested.
During the operation, officers recovered clothes worn by the suspect through the incident, recognized from CCTV footage, together with the fabric believed to have been used within the homicide.
The suspect is at the moment in police custody and is present process processing pending her arraignment in courtroom.
Further investigations are ongoing.
Police Murdered in Thika
This comes barely every week after a Police Constable succumbed to a gunshot wound after he was shot lifeless in Thika West sub-county Kiambu County.
Police Constable Bernard Koome, who’s connected to the Special Police Intercept and Verification SPIV unit was fatally injured throughout a routine safety patrol within the Cravers space on Tuesday June 17, 2025. Koome was shot after a routine inspection of bikes turned violent.
According to eyewitnesses, the police constable had gone on a routine patrol, accompanied by three colleagues.
The officers stopped a rider whose motorbike didn’t show the distinctive license plate required for Boda Boda operators in Thika city.
When one of many officers went for the ignition key of the motorbike, an argument broke out between the officer and the rider.
While Koome was making an attempt to intercept the motorbike from the Boda Boda Rider, the rider managed to overpower the police constable, seized a firearm, and shot him within the neck.
As the opposite officers scrambled for canopy, the attacker fled earlier than they might reply. He then hijacked a passing motorbike carrying a passenger close to the Royal Hotel and sped away.
