Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) caught up with a Nigerian individual suspected to be behind the gruesome murder of a 24-year-old woman in Roysambu, Nairobi.

The body of the woman was found decapitated and packed in trash bags at a dumping area of an Airbnb apartment building at TRM Drive, off Thika Road in Roysambu.

The suspect, who is a Nigerian national was arrested on Tuesday, January 16, while trying to board a flight to Abuja, Nigeria at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Further, two other suspects were taken into custody at Kasarani Police Headquarters for allegedly aiding the Nigeria national. 

This was after police released CCTV footage showing movements of the Nigerian man, on the day the woman is said to have disappeared.

As police continue to piece together evidence, the family of the deceased has already identified her remains.

Kasarani OCPD Joseph Muriuki explained that police officers traced the Nigerian through his phone contact that he used to book the rental room on Sunday. 

The phone records also showed that on the night of the murder, the suspect was traced to Ruaka before the phone was switched off.

The apartment’s manager confirmed that the suspect had booked the room on Saturday at 3:00 pm but did not check out as per the due procedure.

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After the scheduled check-out time passed, the caretaker proceeded to the house and found the woman’s body.

Following the two tragic incidents involving Airbnb in the last two weeks, the Ministry of Interior has warned the public from operating Airbnb without CCTV cameras.

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