Police now say they are pursuing three main theories into the discovery of bodies at a dumpsite in Kware, Mukuru slums, Nairobi.
Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mohamed Amin said as of Sunday, eight bodies had been recovered and preserved at the City Mortuary and all are female aged 18 to 30.
Whereas some of the body parts stuffed in bags were thought to be of humans, police later discovered were dogs’ carcasses.
The motive of the murder is yet to be known so far, he said.
Amin said six were recovered on Friday, while the other two were recovered on Saturday.
Amin said the bodies were at different levels of decomposition but victims suffered the same fate.
“The modus operandi was almost the same.
If you look at the age, it was between 18-30. These are all female. If you look at how the bodies have been disguised and packaged – all the same,” Amin said.
He added the bodies were dumped at a similar spot at the dump site.
The DCI director further argued that there are various theories they are following in the issue.
“Are we dealing with a cult that is associated with criminal activities? Are we dealing with serial killers that are also associated with criminal activities? Or even, could we be dealing with rogue medical practitioners who are dealing with criminal activities? All these are hypotheses we have tried to bring on board.”
“There could be more theories to emerge in the ongoing investigations and we have multi-agency teams on the ground handling the matter,” he said.
The DCI boss added that police officers have had few challenges at the scene, largely contributed by rowdy members of the public who have been hostile.
He said they had interrogated a relative to one of the victims who confirmed she went missing on June 26.
The relative who is a sister to the victim told police she dreamt about the discovery of the body at the abandoned quarry before seeking the help of police and locals to get the body.
Interestingly, her dreams turned out to be true after the bodies were discovered.
The sister confirmed that Josephine Owino disappeared from Mukuru slums on June 26 and she received a call from a male person at around 9 am and later disappeared, Amin said.
“She was not in any level of stress then. It was later she discovered she was missing and her body discovered there.
He said detectives are working to establish the caller and if he was behind the murder. Like others, the body of Josephine had been dismembered and packed in a sack that was tied.
The killers chose the dump site because it is deep, abandoned, and filled with water.
An autopsy on the bodies is planned for Monday July 15 to tell how the victims died and identified the others.
Amin said they will get to the bottom of the saga.
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