Detectives are pursuing several theories into the macabre murder of a taxi driver whose body was recovered from River Sagana in Murangá County.
The team following the murder of Evans Bikundo Moracha says they are investigating claims he might have been bludgeoned in his house in Mihango on October 11 then the body bundled into his own taxi and driven to River Sagana where it was dumped.
The body was recovered at River Sagana on October 14, 2023,
Further, the team believes the murder was motivated by a love triangle and greed for his wealth.
Moracha, 47 was a former clerk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Police said they have talked to credible informants who said the father of two may have been killed in his house.
His wife is a suspect or person of interest to police for now as she is among three suspects in custody over the murder.
The police also revealed that one of the prime suspects is a police officer who is on interdiction.
Detectives handling the matter said they had received information showing assailants were seen carrying luggage from the house on the day Moracha went missing.
Other witnesses have told police there had been commotion in Moracha’s bedroom on the fateful day he went missing thus suspecting he was being killed.
The deceased house for now is regarded as a crime scene.
Two suspects connected to the abduction and subsequent murder of Moracha were arrested by police in an operation.
They were arrested by Nairobi Region Crime Research detectives following a night-long operation in Nyeri and Kajiado counties on Thursday.
How body was discovered
The deceased's disappearance was reported by his wife Teresa Masesi Kerubo at Mihang'o Police Station on October 14, indicating that he and his vehicle a Toyota Vitz had been missing for three days.
The deceased's mobile phone was also offline. It was on the same day that the Assistant Chief Githuri sub-location in Murang'a County reported to the police that an unknown male body had been found at River Sagana.
The body laid naked and had multiple head injuries. Police took the body to Murang'a Level Five Hospital Mortuary for autopsy and identification through fingerprinting and analysis at the National Registration Bureau (NRB) offices.
It was identified as that of Moracha, whose wife had just reported missing, police said.
Detectives took over the matter in a scrupulous manhunt for the monstrous faces behind the heinous murder.
Acting on intelligence, the team furthered their pursuit to Ruringu village in Nyeri County on Thursday where one of the suspects was arrested.
Upon interrogation, the suspect led the detectives to Olekasasi in Ongata Rongai where the second suspect was nabbed.
After running a profile of the second suspect, detectives found him to be a police officer based at Akila Police Station in Lang'ata, but who has been on interdiction after deserting the service.
He is in the rank of a Constable and designated as a driver at the station, police said.
A search in his house saw the recovery of the deceased's mobile phone and a stun torch, which the suspect confessed to having used to light their way to River Sagana where they disposed the body.
The officer was known to Moracha. The two suspects were detained separately at Capital Hill and Kilimani Police Stations pending further interrogations.
Meanwhile, forensic-led intelligence has since revealed a well-choreographed murder plot that challenges the mere disappearance and sudden death of the 47-year-old Moracha.
In the new establishments, detectives have established that Moracha did not just disappear but was picked from his house by the killer duo on the night of October 11, in the presence of his wife.
Days later, the deceased's car was stealthily driven back to the wife's neighborhood and securely abandoned a safe distance from her house.
Cyber-crime detectives whose services have been sought linked the wife to the two suspects, after numerous conversations including negotiations for unclarified payments among the three were retrieved.
According to police, the communication dated back before Moracha's abduction, during and after the recovery of the body.
Police hence believe that the wife is the mastermind behind her husband's heinous murder, and that her report on the missing husband might have been an afterthought after getting wind of the body's recovery in Murang'a.
She was produced in court last Monday where police asked for more time to hold her as the probe goes on.
Investigations are ongoing to unravel the real motive behind the homicide.