NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 24 \u2013 Detectives have intensified investigations into the gruesome murder of 60-year-old Millicent Wahura Mwangi, whose torso was discovered in a sack along the Malewa\u2013Kipipiri road in Nyandarua Central Sub-County.<\/p>\n
The case, initially reported as a missing person incident at Olkalou Police Station on November 11, quickly took a dark turn when preliminary investigations indicated foul play.<\/p>\n
On November 14, passers-by at Rumathi village, about 37 kilometres from Olkalou, stumbled upon a female torso clad in a whitish blouse with blue and black stripes, dumped by the roadside. <\/p>\n
Police from Kipipiri Police Station responded promptly, documented the scene, and attempted to locate the missing body parts, but the search proved unsuccessful.<\/p>\n
The torso was moved to JM Kariuki Memorial Funeral Home for preservation, autopsy, and identification. <\/p>\n
On November 15, the family positively identified the remains as that of Millicent Wahura Mwangi.<\/p>\n
With the case confirmed as murder, detectives from the DCI Homicide Investigations Unit, working with Nyandarua Central Sub-County detectives, launched a manhunt for the suspect. <\/p>\n
Using forensic intelligence, investigators arrested Benson Mwangi, the deceased\u2019s second-born son, on November 20, at his hideout in Kamulu.<\/p>\n
He was arraigned before the SPM\u2019s Court in Olkalou on November 24, and detectives secured 21-day custodial orders. He remains in custody pending mention on January 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
On December 23, 2025, homicide detectives and forensic experts conducted a scene re-enactment<\/strong>, guided by the suspect. <\/p>\n The team proceeded to River Malewa, where an underwater search led to the recovery of critical exhibits, including a machete, believed to be the murder weapon, a bedsheet and a blanket and other items the suspect had disposed of after the killing.<\/p>\n Detectives continue piecing together the final moments of the deceased, gathering evidence to ensure a watertight case. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 24 \u2013 Detectives have intensified investigations into the gruesome murder of 60-year-old Millicent Wahura Mwangi, whose torso was discovered in a sack along the Malewa\u2013Kipipiri road in Nyandarua Central Sub-County. The case, initially reported as a missing person incident at Olkalou Police Station on November 11, quickly took a dark turn when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}