Kevin Kangethe, the Massachusetts man needed by U.S. authorities for allegedly killing his girlfriend final October, escaped from a police station in Kenya after he was arrested in reference to the homicide.
As beforehand reported by Face2Face Africa, the 41-year-old suspect instantly fled to Kenya from the U.S. after he allegedly killed his girlfriend Margaret Mbitu and left her physique in a automotive at a Boston airport storage.
Kangethe, who was being held at Kenya’s Muthaiga Police Station following his January 29 arrest, managed to flee from custody on Wednesday, BBC reported. A court docket within the East African nation had given the inexperienced mild for the suspect to be detained for 30 days whereas awaiting potential extradition.
Police in a press release stated Kangethe walked out of the station whereas he was having a gathering with a person claiming to be his lawyer. The 2 males had been in a personal room when the suspect escaped.
“After a short time the prisoner escaped by operating away and left the lawyer behind,” the assertion stated. Kangethe is alleged to have escaped whereas the top of the station was having a gathering with all the opposite officers.
Police had been unsuccessful in apprehending Kangethe regardless of pursuing him. “We thought he was being chased for jaywalking. Folks simply watched him run away,” an eyewitness advised the information outlet. “If we knew why he was needed we’d have helped arrest him.”
Nairobi police commander Adamson Bungei knowledgeable native media that they’ve arrested the person Kangethe had the assembly with on the time of his escape in addition to 4 on-duty law enforcement officials, BBC reported. Bungei additionally described the incident as “embarrassing.”
Mbitu’s household knowledgeable U.S. media that the 31-year-old sufferer had supposed to interrupt up with Kangethe earlier than her killing. Her physique was present in a automotive at a storage at Boston Logan Worldwide Airport on November 1, 2023, NBC 10 Boston reported on the time. That was two days after she was reported lacking.
Authorities stated Mbitu suffered massive slash wounds on her face and neck space in addition to a puncture on her aspect. Kangethe is alleged to have checked right into a flight to Kenya after he obtained airline tickets on November 2.
A Kenyan court docket was on Friday set to find out if Kangethe ought to face trial in Kenya or be extradited to the USA the place first-degree homicide costs have been introduced towards him. Kangethe, who’s initially from Kenya, claimed he renounced his U.S. citizenship in 2023.
