Joseph Irungu, alias Jowie, the boyfriend of embattled Citizen TV news anchor Jacque Maribe arrived home on the night of 19th September and started apologizing to his fiancee for what she did not know.
This is the same night that Monica Kimani, was killed in her apartment at Lamuria Gardens, along Denis Pritt road in Kilimani area. Witnesses have said Jowie was the last person to visit Monica’s house before her cold blooded murder.
In a statement to the DCI, Jacque Maribe, said that her boyfriend came home crying and kept saying “I love you and am sorry.” He said this even though the couple had not had any fight.
The two are the prime suspects in the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani. The latter was found dead in her apartment on September 21.
Maribe said: “I had gone to bed by the time he returned. He came to my room crying and telling me he was sorry.”
“I told him my child was sleeping and that he should stop making noise lest he woke the child from sleep. He kept crying that ‘Jacque I am sorry’, but I ignored him.”
After some minutes, Maribe stated that Jowie walked to a closet in her house after which she heard a gunshot.
“I jumped out of bed and went to the closet, and found him lying on the floor. Blood was oozing from his upper left chest area,” she said.
She added that Jowie kept on apologizing to her sending her into a panic mode. “He was repeatedly saying ‘I love you. I am sorry.’ I panicked and ran back into my bedroom for my phone,” she said.
Maribe said by the time she came back, Jowie was gone. “I left the house and ran outside towards Brian Kassaine’s house where I found him lying down.”
Brian is Maribe’s neighbour. He was released on a free bond but ordered to report to the DCI every Thursday.
“Brian’s wife Cate also ran outside to where Joseph was lying. He was still bleeding from the chest,” Jacque told the detectives.
On Monday, Jowie, burst into tears after his mother hugged him in court before his murder charge was read out.
Jowie has been in custody for a month. He and his fiance Maribe were charged with killing Monica Kimani.