DCI nabs suspects in murder of child dumped at Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital

By Elias Kiplimo Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested perpetrators behind the brutal murder of baby David Ndung’u, whose lifeless body was dumped at Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital last month. David and his 6-year-old brother peter had been left under the care of Njeri, by their mother Maureen Njoki, who had left the country in November last year for Saudi Arabia in search of greener pastures. Barely four months after her departure. Phylis Njeri, who tortured the 3-year-old boy to death was smoked out of her hideout at lllasit Village, close to the Kenya-Tanzania border in a well-coordinated operation conducted by detectives drawn from the elite Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB). Njoki received the devastating news of her son’s brutal killing, triggering online outrage by Kenyans who called on the DCI to bring the suspect to justice. The joint team of detectives conducted a thorough investigation into the incident through the application of cyber and digital forensics. The suspects were traced to their hideout in a remote village in Kajiado county, as they desperately sought to cross the Kenya border to Tanzania. Earlier, sleuths based at the Corporate Communications & Public Affairs unit had gathered information circulating on social networking platforms regarding the baby’s murder most foul and shared details of the incident to the elite teams. Investigations were launched immediately, unearthing gory details of how angel David was brutally murdered by Njeri and her husband Jackson Ngui, while her horrified elder brother Peter Ndung’u watched in shock. Further forensic analysis was conducted at the couple’s house in the Kwa Maji area within Mowlem, in Kamukunji sub-county revealed that the baby was killed in the house before his body was dumped at Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital mortuary. Upon realizing the gravity of their actions, the murderous couple had desperately attempted to seek medication at local chemists but the little angel was long gone. Baby David’s body had severe burns on both hands, legs and buttocks. It also had fresh injuries on the neck, the back and the face, signifying the amount of torture that the minor underwent, before his painful death the detective also recovered a whip that was used to assault. The deceased’s elder brother was beaten senselessly and threatened with dire consequences should he reveal what had happened to his brother. The two suspects are currently being transferred to Nairobi where they will face murder charges by Detectives from the Homicide branch and a crack unit based at DCI Nation regional headquarters. [caption id="attachment_15749" align="alignnone" width="960"] File image of Phylis Njeri. |Courtesy| DCI Twitter|[/caption]