3 suspects arrested in connection to Wangeci's brutal murder

3 suspects have been arrested in connection to the brutal murder of KIMC student Purity Wangechi on Saturday.

Those arrested include John Wanyoike Kibungi, 24, Kanaiya Kamau and Brendan Muchiri.

Wanyoike, who was the deceased's boyfriend was arrested in his hideout in Kirigiti Kiambu County.

His two accomplices assisted him in killing the 19-year-old college student and disposing her body by the roadside close to Mburiria estate, in Kiambu county.

Wangechi had fallen in love with the killer and they had been in a relationship for sometime before she discovered that he was a thug. She confronted him about it leading to a misunderstanding between the two.

She however didn’t know that her lover was determined to cover his tracks by eliminating her.

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The Late Purity Wangechi

On Friday, Wangeci left the country’s premier media institution to meet him in Kirigiti, to try and rekindle the dying embers of their once blossoming love. She did not know that she was walking into a death trap.

During the early morning raid, the officers also recovered a vegetable knife that was carefully concealed in his waistband and which was used in stabbing the innocent teenage student, whose only mistake was falling in love with a thug.