An alleged serial killer confessed to killing and dismembering 42 women, including his wife

“The suspect has confessed to luring 42 women, killing them and dumping their bodies in a landfill,” Mohammed Amin, head of the Criminal Investigation Directorate, told the press.

“We are facing a serial killer, a psychopathic serial killer who has no regard for human life,” Amin said. “We have a second suspect who has been apprehended.” From a phone call from one of the victims“, have added.

On his part, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, has said that the suspect was arrested near a bar in a joint operation by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and the National Police Service. Also, he indicated that a total of nine bodies have been recovered and that autopsies will be conducted on the victims.

Discovery of bodies

These have been removed since Friday Mutilated and disfigured bodiesFrom the landfill in the Mukuru neighborhood, south of the capital, come bodies wrapped in plastic bags, incidents that have horrified the country.

Tensions escalated at the crime scene over the weekend, as residents were dispersed by officers firing tear gas. The discoveries have once again put the Kenyan police in the spotlight and piled more pressure on President William Ruto, who is struggling to contain the crisis sparked by anti-government protests that have left dozens of demonstrators dead.