A suspect who was arrested carrying dismembered body parts of his wife in Huruma, Nairobi claims he was headed to dump it in a river.
The suspect told police he quarrelled with his wife in their house in the area before it turned tragic.
He claimed he hit her and she fell unconscious before he realised she was dead.
It was then he used a knife to dismember the body and stuffed it into a sack for transportation to a river in the area.
He was on Tuesday morning arrested with a thorax believed to be that of the dismembered body of his 19-year-old wife in Huruma, Nairobi.
After the arrest and interrogation, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the suspect led the officers to his residence where a search was conducted and the head with eyes gouged out and other body parts were found.
However, the deceased’s left hand, waist and hip area and one upper thigh were
missing, police said.
Police officers on patrol met the suspect in the morning at around 5 am while carrying a suspicious bag.
They stopped him and conducted a search and found the thorax of a female human stashed inside a cement bag.
Upon interrogation, the suspect identified himself and claimed that the body parts were of his wife, police said.
It was then he led the officers to his house where other body parts, including the head, were found under the bed.
Also recovered in the single-roomed house was a sharp knife inside a basin of water, and clothes soaked in blood and believed to belong to the deceased wife.
According to police, the floor of the house was also stained with blood, a clear indication that the offense was committed therein.
Detectives from Starehe Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have launched investigations to recover the other missing body parts.
The body parts were transported to the local police station where police said they were shocked to see them.
Outgoing police boss Adamson Bungei said the motive of the murder is yet to be established.
“It is not easy to dismember a human body the way it was done if indeed he is the one who allegedly did it,” he said.
Bungei said they are investigating if the suspect acted alone. The family of the deceased woman had been traced and they will help in the probe, police said.
The suspect was Wednesday expected in court where police said they would make a miscellaneous application to hold him pending investigations.
Police said they are among others pursuing occultism.
Occultism is one of the leading causes of murder in the country, police say.
Police are also investigating several murder cases that have been reported in the country in the last few days.
