Self-confessed vampire child killer Masten Wanjala on Friday narrated how he escaped the police cell before he was lynched in Bungoma.
Wanjala told those lynching him he disguised as a petty offender and handed officers money he had before walking out on Tuesday night.
Police who talked to the mob said Wanjala then hiked a lift on a lorry to Bungoma where he joined villagers.
“He however did not know they did not want him there,” the police said.
It emerged Wanjala who had been at the station for close to a month escaped after police arrested tens of suspects over Covid-19 pandemic rules and mixed them with those who were in custody.
It was until Wednesday morning that officers who were taking over realized he was missing.
Wanjala, 25, escaped from Jogoo Road police station cells as remandees and others were being separated from the general population.
He led police to crime scenes, reenacted them, made voice recordings and showed investigators his scrapbook detailing the murders.
He often posed as a football coach.
He was expected in court for mention of some cases under investigation. He was expected to plead to five of 14 cases.
All but one were boys and most were drugged, then strangled or bludgeoned.
Wanjala told police he sometimes opened their veins after strangling his victims, then drank their blood.
Edited by N.Agutu