US fugitive wanted for murder escapes custody in Kenya
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Kenyan, Kinyanjui Kange'the accused of murder involving his girlfriend mysteriously escapes from Muthaiga Police Station
Kenyan, Kinyanjui Kange’the accused of murder involving his girlfriend mysteriously escapes from Muthaiga Police Station.
Kelvin Kinyanjui Kange’the, who was arrested after allegedly murdering his girlfriend and fled to Kenya, has escaped from Muthaiga Police Station.
The 41 year old was arrested last week while leaving a club in Nairobi, after a months-long manhunt by Kenyan and US authorities.
A court had allowed police to hold him for 30 days awaiting his extradition.
Authorities say that after Mr Kangethe murdered his girlfriend last October, he abandoned her body in a car at the Boston Logan Airport.
He then boarded a flight to Kenya, his country of origin.
He has commented on the allegations.
Police have shocked Kenyans by disclosing that Mr Kangethe managed to walk out of the Nairobi police station where he was being detained on Wednesday evening and boarded a public transport vehicle.
Four police officers who were on duty and a lawyer who had met Mr Kangethe before he escaped have been arrested, Nairobi police commander Adamson Bungei told local media.
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Mr Bungei said that the security lapse was “embarrassing” for Kenyan police, who have since launched a new search for Mr Kangethe.
The family of Mr Kangethe’s girlfriend, Margaret Mbitu, told US media that she had been planning to end their relationship before he allegedly killed her.
She was a 30-year-old Kenyan-American nurse working in Massachusetts.
A Kenyan court was due to rule on Friday whether Mr Kangethe should be tried in Kenya or be extradited to face first-degree murder charges in the US after he claimed that he had renounced his US citizenship last year.
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