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A son to a couple who were brutally murdered together with three others in Karura area, Kiambu county, Kenya, has confessed to the crime, local news outlet, Tuko reports
The 22-year-old university IT student identified as Lawrence Simon Warunge, was arrested on Friday, January 8, as a prime suspect into the incident after a three-day manhunt.
Police said they arrested the son identified as Lawrence after he went missing since Tuesday when his parents, two brothers and a worker were brutally murdered at their home in Kiambaa Constituency.
After he was arrested, he later confessed to the incident and led police to a residence in Mai Mahiu area on Saturday, 9 December, where they recovered the murder weapon, a kitchen knife, clothes, shoes and a piece of paper.
THE STANDARD By
Mireri Junior |
January 9th 2021 at 11:46:11 GMT +0300
Detectives have arrested Lawrence Warunge, the firstborn son to the slain businessman Nicholas Warunge and a woman in connection to the gruesome killing at Karura Ka Murimi village, Kiambu County.
The two were arrested on Friday night at Wangige by DCI officers and locked up at Muthaiga Police Station for questioning.
Lawrence, a university student, went missing after the gruesome murder of his parents, brother, a nephew and a mason at their Karura home in Kiambu County on Tuesday night.
According to detectives, the phone of the 23-year-old son was tracked to Naivasha on Wednesday, the day the bodies of the five were found in their compound before going off.
THE STANDARD By
Mireri Junior |
January 9th 2021 at 11:46:11 GMT +0300
Detectives have arrested Lawrence Warunge, the firstborn son to the slain businessman Nicholas Warunge and a woman in connection to the gruesome killing at Karura Ka Murimi village, Kiambu County.
The two were arrested on Friday night at Wangige by DCI officers and locked up at Muthaiga Police Station for questioning.
Lawrence, a university student, went missing after the gruesome murder of his parents, brother, a nephew and a mason at their Karura home in Kiambu County on Tuesday night.
According to detectives, the phone of the 23-year-old son was tracked to Naivasha on Wednesday, the day the bodies of the five were found in their compound before going off.