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Singi said they are yet to establish the motive in the murder of the 19-year-old woman.
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The suspect is also a student.
Detectives are holding a key suspect in the murder of a first-year university student.
The student's body was on January 9, found in a house allegedly belonging to her boyfriend after a suspected murder.
Machakos head of DCI Nzioka Singi said Wednesday they arrested the boyfriend as a prime suspect in the murder.
He said they are yet to establish the motive in the murder of the 19-year-old woman.
The suspect is also a student.
He had called his friends and informed them he found the deceased in his house and was not aware of what happened.
Police said the woman had visited the suspect’s house on Monday, January 8, at Katoloni estate within Machakos township.
This was a day before the body was found.
Police later visited the scene and found the body sprawled in the room.
The building’s caretaker told police the suspect rented the house last year and identified himself as a fifth-year Engineering student at the, where the deceased was pursuing a Bachelor of Education degree.
Police say when they found the deceased's body, her hands had been tied and blood was oozing from her ears and nose.
Preliminary investigations have however shown no signs of a struggle at the scene, police say.
A team visited the scene where the body was found as part of the probe into the murder.
Singi said detectives are currently waiting for the deceased's post-mortem results to establish how she died.
The suspect was presented in Machakos court under miscellaneous application and police were allowed to hold him for days pending investigations.
Other students described the deceased as a humble and hardworking student and called for justice in the murder.