Just day after suspects in Monica Kimani murder case Jaque Maribe and her fiance Joseph Irungu alias Joe Jowie were remanded for six days on Tuesday, investigations into the case have now shifted to Mombasa.
This is after one of the detectives leading the investigators’ team team left Nairobi for Mombasa in search of what they termed “crucial materials and information,” joining a team that left on Sunday afternoon.
One of the local dailies on Wednesday reported that detectives in Mombasa hope to arrest a suspect, recover the keys to Ms Kimani’s Lamuria Gardens flat, the keys to her car, and any other items or valuables which may have been taken from the deceased’s home by her killers.
Investigators are also hopeful that the other man, seen on surveillance camera footage leaving Ms Kimani’s flat in Ms Maribe’s car in the company of an individual police believe to be Mr Irungu, will help tie up the final loose ends in their inquiry into Ms Kimani’s chilling killing.
Initially, Ms Maribe was scheduled to be charged on Thursday, but Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji directed that the two be charged jointly yesterday.
Detectives are expected to use the next couple of days to complete evidence collection and tie up the loose ends in the case.
Yesterday, Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti said a comprehensive DNA and forensic analysis of material from the scene of crime is yet to be finalised, the murder weapon has not been recovered, and a motive for the September 19 attack during which Ms Kimani was killed by having her throat slit has not been established.
Mr Kinoti also said that a team of detectives sent to South Sudan to gather information on Ms Kimani’s life, travel details and business operations is still out in the field.
Sources said that an analysis matching the DNA from samples collected from Mr Irungu on Friday and those collected from the scene of crime and partially burnt clothes had been completed.