Sleuths from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have arrested two suspects connected to the murder in Dandora on March 7, 2024.
The two, Malcom Omondi Odhiambo of MJ Investments and Justus Muema Mutungi of Neema shop in Dandora Phase IV, are suspected to have been buying phones stolen from robbery victims within Eastlands.
A phone belonging to the murder victim had been sold to Odhiambo, who sold it out to a customer arrested after the phone was tracked to him.
“Dandora Phase IV and the entire Eastlands is breathing a sigh of relief following the arrest of two individuals connected to the murder of an innocent young man on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Following a brief interrogation of two key suspects in the murder most foul, detectives based at DCI Starehe have arrested Malcom Omondi Odhiambo of MJ Investments and Justus Muema Mutungi of Neema shop in Dandora Phase IV,” DCI stated.
“This is after painstaking investigations led sleuths to Malcom’s business shop where the victim’s mobile phone earlier robbed by the perpetrators of the evil act was taken, and later sold out by him to Justus who was arrested in its possession. From the shops of the two suspects, a total of 95 assorted mobile phones believed to be stolen property were confiscated.”
Crime in Dandora
On Saturday, a team of detectives drawn from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau from Nairobi region, DCI Starehe and general duty officers arrested two suspects said to be directly connected to the murder.
According to the DCI, the suspects arrested on Saturday, Nehemia Odhiambo, alias Oti and Emmanuel Otieno, alias Emasu, stabbed a man who was walking in the same direction with them and fled the scene.
The unnamed victim died while receiving treatment at the Baba Dogo health facility.
“The two were wanted following the murder of a young man in the wee hours of Thursday, March 7, 2024. Investigations have revealed that the trio were walking in the same direction and after a disagreement, one of them drew a knife and stabbed the other on the left side of the chest. Nehemia Odhiambo, alias Oti and Emmanuel Otieno, alias Emasu fled from the scene but the victim who sustained a deep cut on the left side of the chest succumbed to the injuries while receiving treatment at Baba Dogo health facility,” DCI stated.
The two suspects were smoked from their hideouts in Baraka Estate and Kwa Bhajia areas in Dandora and have been linked to a spate of criminal activities that have been reported in Baba Dogo, Huruma and Lucky Summer.
