Police reveal information from Caroline Mwatha’s Text messages

Caroline Mwatha's post-mortem postponedA post-mortem on the body of slain human rights defender Caroline Mwatha failed to take place on Wednesday, following the unavailability of chief government pathologist Johansen Oduor.

The family had insisted that the autopsy be conducted on Wednesday but they were informed that the government pathologist was in Naivasha, hence, the exercise would be carried out on Thursday.The activists claimed that the delay had been crafted to doctor results of the autopsy.

Police will conduct an identification parade for six people linked to the death of human rights activist Caroline Mwatha as part of investigations that will take 14 days.

In an affidavit filed in court on Wednesday, detectives said the suspects’ phone data as well as the clothes Ms Mwatha wore when she died on February 6 will be subjected to forensic analysis.

The affidavit presented in court by lead investigator Chief Inspector Joseph Wanjohi further states that murder weapons used by the suspects will be analysed.Image result for makadara court

On Tuesday, police claimed that Ms Mwatha died while procuring an abortion at a clinic in Dandora, but the affidavit presented before the Makadara court does not mention the cause of her death.

Through a statement, Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti said the suspects were arrested over the deceased’s alleged botched abortion and disposal of her body, which was found at City Mortuary on Tuesday after six days.

The court allowed police to detain Mr Michael Onchiri, Ms Betty Akinyi, Mr Richard Ramoya Abudo, Mr Georgia Achieng, Mr Alexander Gitau Gikonya and Mr Stephen Maina for 14 days citing their own safety as investigations continue.

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Mr Wanjohi said the murder of Ms Mwatha has elicited immense public interest and the suspects should be held in police custody for their own good.

Meanwhile, text messages retrieved from the Ms Mwatha’s phone indicate that she visited the clinic for three consecutive days before Wednesday, February 6, when the alleged abortion was conducted.

Ms Mwatha had on Tuesday sent a text message to a man believed to have been her lover, Alexander Gitau Gikonya, telling him that she was in pain on one side of her stomach and that she needed to relax.Image result for police reveal information on suspects phone

“Kesho lazima nirauke hossy haki usiku ndio nalemewa mbaya plus homa, but all will be OK (I must go to the hospital very early because I cannot sleep at night. I also have a cold but I will be OK),” one of the messages read.

She visited a hospital the Nation could not identify from the texts later on Tuesday and updated Alexander that the doctor had conducted a check on her to establish her condition and the size of the foetus.

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