The suspect in the gruesome murder Moi University student Ivy Wangeci,
had allegedly told his mother that he was in an abusive relationship.
It has emerged that Naftali Kinuthia expressed frustrations to his mother Nancy Kinuthia, revealing how he was disappointed with Ivy, 25, for whom he had a childhood crush on since their days in primary school.
According to Nancy, Naftali was surprised that Ivy had turned disrespectful. “My son told me that she (Ivy) constantly abused him,” said the mother, still reeling in shock at the turn of events. And like a caring mother, Nancy advised her firstborn son to end the relationship.
“For a long time since July last year, I thought they had parted ways because I never heard him complain thereafter until when I was hit with this unbelievable news that he has committed murder,” says Nancy.
Though Naftali’s mother says she thought her son had cut links with Ivy, a friend to Kinuthia claims he was determined to marry her and had even bought her a BMW as a gift last year.
Naftali who lives in Nairobi, works for one of the leading betting companies in the country was said to have been planning to wed Ivy in December this year.
“I not aware that he had bought her a car, what I can say is that I thought they no longer talked to each other. When he was here during Christmas he never mentioned the girl like he used to before. I concluded he had lost interest in the girl only to realise they were still together,” states Nancy.
Ivy died a day to marking her 25th birth day, which she had planned to celebrate on the evening of April 10.
“He told his father that he can’t believe that it is him who killed the girl,” Nancy was quoted by Nairobian.
The student had just completed taking her practical at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) when the boyfriend- turn-killer pounced on Ivy as she walked out of the facility in company of colleagues.
The assailant pulled the axe out of a sack, hit the deceased on the head before taking pulling out a knife and slitting her throat in one of the most horrifying incidents involving love affairs gone sour.
Naftali and Ivy schooled together at Joyland Academy in Gatanga Murang’a before the girl was transferred to another primary school in Thika town.