The body of a missing 31-year-old Kenyan woman based in Whitman, Massachusetts was on Wednesday night discovered inside a vehicle at Boston’s Logan Airport.
Margaret Mbitu’s disappearance was first reported by BAMSI, a charitable organization headquartered in Brockton, where she was employed.
In its missing persons report, BAMSI says that the victim was last seen leaving its premises on Monday. She was driving a white SUV.
Authorities believe that Mbitu was killed by her 40-year-old boyfriend, Kevin Kang’ethe, based on evidence recovered from the vehicle registered under his name.
Kang’ethe is believed to have fled to Kenya following the incident but area police have yet to establish the motive behind the suspected murder.
Boston police are currently working with their Kenyan counterparts to track down Kang’ethe.
Speaking to NBC News Boston, Mbitu’s kin mourned the deceased labeling her a ‘beautiful and happy person.’
“We have lost a beautiful girl that we all loved — quite a treasure to us,” George Kamu, the victim’s cousin, is quoted as saying by the media house.
“Quite a happy person, in and outside.”
