DCI boss George Kinoti said about five people who knew about Sharon Otieno’s murder would also have been killed – He said main plotters wanted to eliminate individuals with knowledge of the crime to conceal evidence – Kinoti said their urgent intervention saved lives of targeted individuals – The country’s chief sleuth said murders involving more than one person are not mysterious and are easy to crack The death of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno would have been followed by about five other killings if police never intervened.
Directorate of Criminal Investigations boss George Kinoti said the main plotters in the murder of Sharon wanted to kill between three and five other individuals partially involved in the planning of the crime in order to wipe out all evidence.
In a report by The Standard seen by TUKO.co.ke, Kinoti said the individuals were lucky to be alive because investigators picked up the matter before much more damage could be done. The woman was in a romantic relationship with Migori Governor Okoth Obado and this resulted into a seven-month pregnancy.
“The key plotters had planned to kill some other people involved in the murder. This was to cover up the crime completely but luckily our detectives scuttled all these plans. Between three and five people who somehow had knowledge of the crime would have been killed,” Kinoti said. So far Obado’s Personal Assistant Michael Oyamo, aide Caspal Obiero, Elvis Omondi, former Kanyadoto Member of County Assembly (MCA) Lawrence Mula and a taxi driver, Jack Gombe, who have been charged with murder are among six people linked to the brutal killing of Sharon.
“After doing away with Sharon, the plotters’ next move was to wipe out those involved. It is a murder case involving more than one person and navigating it has neither been complicated nor clouded with mystery,” Kinoti explained. A detective privy to the investigations disclosed that an alternative plot by the suspects to develop a conspiracy to derail police officers terribly failed with phone call logs and data records playing a vital role in linking suspects to the murder. “The plotters tried to come up with another trail insinuating somebody else had planned the murder but all of it never added up,” the detective said.