Kenyan police say that the main suspect, who was caught after the bodies of 42 women were found mutilated in a garbage dump in Nairobi, admitted to killing them.
On Monday, Mohamed Amin, head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, told the media, “The suspect admitted to having lured, killed, and dumped 42 female bodies at the dump site.”
We are dealing with a serial killer.
After the arrest was made, Amin said, “We are dealing with a serial killer—a psychopathic serial killer who has no respect for human life.”
He also said that a second suspect had been arrested after being caught with a victim’s phone.
caught near a bar
Acting Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja said that the main suspect, who was 33 years old, was caught near a bar at about 3 a.m. local time (00:00 GMT) as part of an operation by the National Police Service and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
At this point, nine bodies had been found, and he said that tests would be done on all of them on Monday.
A video shared on social media also showed police showing several items that were supposedly connected to the person who was suspected of killing.
Since Friday, bodies that have been cut up and put back together in plastic bags have been found in the trash in the Mukuru slums in the south of the city. This has shocked the whole country.
On Sunday, police said that all nine of the people who had been found were women.
Over the weekend, there was a lot of tension at the crime scene, and cops used tear gas to get people to leave.
How the police caught and arrested Collins Jumaisi Khalusha
How the police caught and arrested Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, the Kware serial killer, while he watched the Euro 2024 finals
As of Monday, Mohamed Amin, Director of Criminal Investigations, said that Khalusha was caught by police in Soweto early Monday morning.
Khalusha was caught outside of a club where he had gone to watch Spain play England in the Euro 2024 Finals.
“He was chased down and arrested after a thorough forensic analysis of a cell phone belonging to one of the victims, Josephine Mulongo Owino. On the day Josephine went missing, some mobile money transactions were made on that phone.”
Amin also said that the suspect led police to his home in Kware, which is only 100 meters from the dump where bodies have been found.
The things that were found in Khalusha’s house
• 24 SIM cards
• 10 phones
1. One laptop
• One hard drive
• A memory card and two flash drives
• One long knife
• 12 bags like the ones used to stuff bodies at Kware dam
• One pair of gloves
• 8 ID cards from the government
• A pink purse
• Two pink pants for women
• Five bhang rolls
• 4 very large tapes
• 1 jacket with reflectors
• Two title papers
• Two notepads and other papers of different types.
Khalusha admitted
Khalusha admitted to cops that he had dumped the bodies of 42 women in the Kware dumpsite. Imelda Judith Khalenya, his wife, was the first person he killed. She died in 2022.
“Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to have lured, killed and disposed 42 female bodies at the dumpsite all murdered between 2022 and as recent as July 11, 2024,” said Amin.
Nine bodies have been found at the dumpsite as of Monday morning. An autopsy is set to begin today at the Nairobi Funeral Home, which used to be called City Mortuary.
