By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
KENYAN police have arrested two people they believe helped a man escape custody as he was awaiting extradition for allegedly killing his girlfriend in the U.S. last year.
In addition, chief of Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Amin Mohammed Ibrahim, on Tuesday, said they have made progress in their search for the fugitive, Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kangethe:
“It’s unfortunate that after we made laborious efforts to apprehend him that through circumstances, yet to be determined Kevin escaped from police custody. Muthaiga police station for that matter.
“But so far so good, we have progressed very well and as of today, arrested two people who we suspect facilitated the disappearance of the fugitive.”
Stonix News reports that Kangethe was awaiting extradition to the U.S. under suspicion that he killed his girlfriend and left her body in an airport parking garage last November.
“In the fullness of time and very soon, we should be able to apprehend him and also take action against all persons who aided or abetted the escape of Kevin from lawful police custody,” Ibrahim said.
According to ABC News, Kangethe was being held at Muthaiga police station in Nairobi when he escaped custody on Feb. 7.
He is facing first-degree murder charges in the death of Margaret Mbitu, 31, whose body was found in a vehicle at a parking garage at Boston’s Logan International Airport on November 1, 2023.
He boarded a plane to Kenya after the alleged murder and was arrested January 30 after a three-month international manhunt.
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