Police have arrested a man who was found with body parts of a human being stashed in a sack in Huruma, Nairobi.
In a statement dated January 21, 2025, police reported that the suspect, identified as John Kiama Wambua, confessed that the body parts belong to his now deceased wife.
“Police in Huruma, Nairobi Area on 21/01/2025 at about 0500 hrs while on patrol within Kelly Towers Area arrested a male adult suspect carrying a bag on his back and upon conducting search, found a bag stashed with body parts of a human being.
“The suspect identified as John Kiama Wambua, 29 confessed that the body parts belong to his now deceased wife Joy Fridah Munani, 19, and led the officers to his house where more dismembered parts were recovered from beneath a bed,” read part of the police report.
Also recovered from the crime scene was a blood stained kitchen knife, suspected to have been the weapon of murder and clothes for the deceased.
Police further explained that the floor of the house was stained with blood.
The body parts have been moved to City Mortuary awaiting postmortem analysis. Motive of the murder is yet to be established, but the suspect is in police custody.
This incident comes a few months after several femicide cases were reported in the country.
