Detectives have placed two army soldiers arrested in connection with the murder of a university student last month at the scene of the crime.
The soldiers were arrested in connection with the September 28 murder of 26-year-old Mercy Kwamboka Rufansi in Mwiki, Kasarani.
The team investigating the matter also stated that the suspects had confessed to the murder.
According to the team investigating the incident, the suspects took the officers to the crime scene.
They also explained the circumstances under which the woman died arguing it was accidental.
According to police, what sold them was the actions they took after Mercy died, police said.
Kwamboka was a student at the University of Nairobi and was in her second year at the Chiromo Campus.
The family said she was in her second year of pursuing a Bachelor of Science in chemistry.
Police said they are investigating murder, rape, kidnap and robbery in the incident.
The family told police she was managing epilepsy.
Police planned to produce the two in court on Thursday and ask for more days to hold them as investigations continue.
They want to revisit the scene where she died and her body was dumped.
Kwamboka was reported missing from her parent's home in Pipeline, Embakasi, on September 28, 2024, hours after she left home in a huff.
Her half-naked body was found dumped in a thicket in Mwiki along the Eastern bypass at around 4 pm on September 28.
Police said the Kenya Defence Forces soldiers, were the last known individuals to have been in contact with Kwamboka.
“The search for her turned into a heart-wrenching ordeal which culminated in the discovery of her lifeless body, partially undressed and bearing bruises on her thighs, lower back and left ankle,” the investigators said.
Police found a black blouse, a blanket and a mobile phone beside her body.
The arrest of the suspects followed weeks of intense manhunt by detectives from Kasarani subcounty.
Detectives said that investigations established that on the night Kwamboka went missing, she was picked up by the main suspect who drove her to his house in Komarock.
“While at the parking lot, a misunderstanding ensued, leading to a confrontation in which the suspect assaulted Kwamboka, resulting in her death,” police said.
"The suspect then called his accomplice to help him dispose of the body. Following forensic trails, detectives flushed the duo out of their hideouts in Komarock estate and Tononoka area in Embakasi, respectively.”
The two have also been placed at the scene of the murder.
They confessed to police the woman died after falling following a confrontation.
A blanket used to wrap the body has also been linked to the soldiers.
A postmortem examination established that she had broken legs, bruises on her gum and burnt hands.
Her family said on the night she went missing, she received a phone call before leaving in a huff.
Witnesses described seeing a car at the scene where her body was found.
The car was traced to the soldiers.