Eric Maigo’s murder: Suspect detained for 21 days
The main suspect in the murder of Nairobi Hospital Finance Director Eric Maigo has been detained for 21 days pending investigations.
The 16-year-old girl who appeared before the court on Wednesday was arrested on September 26, at the Olympic area within Kibera.
A miscellaneous application filed by Corporal Patrick Boge said that she was arrested following a report of murder at Woodly Annex in Kibra within Kilimani.
The 0fficer told Milimani principal magistrate Zainab Abdul that on September 15, a report was made by one Amina Komara at Kibra police station that there was a commotion at house number 6 Woodley Estate Annex Upper of Kibra.
He said a team of police officers from Kilimani subcounty visited the crime scene and established that the deceased Eric Maigo,37, was lying with multiple stab wounds on the chest, face, and neck and secured the scene.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the deceased was in the company of the respondent herein before he was found murdered where she is suspected to have attacked the deceased while armed with kitchen knives,” the court was told,” the court was told.
Boge said investigations indicate that the minor was among the group that orchestrated the violence which resulted in the death of the deceased.
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The police officers who visited the crime scene did recover the murder weapons.
“The continued detention of the respondent is immensely necessary for the furtherance and finalizing of the investigations, his release could further lead to interference with the investigation,” Boge said in his affidavit.
He added that he has yet to record statements from the key witnesses, take fingerprints, do photo profiling, ascertain her previous criminal record, take the respondent for DNA sampling for analysis by the government chemist, and trace and arrest respondent associates.
The officer said he also needed to escort the girl for mental assessment/age assessment and subject her to a medical examination to ascertain injuries inflicted when escaping from the crime scene.
He will also need time to forward the case file to the ODPP for perusal and advice and not limited to the respondent’s production before a court of law for further orders.
The case will be mentioned on October 18
Maigo was discovered with 25 stab wounds at his Woodley Estate residence last week.
Eric Maigo’s murder: Suspect detained for 21 days