The police investigating the brutal murder of lawyer Robert Chesang’ believe the death is linked to a business deal gone wrong.
According to the CCTV footage,two assailants arriving and escaping after killing Robert at his Lukenya home in Machakos County on Sunday
Chesang’, 45, was gunned down in his Moke Gardens home in Lukenya, Machakos county, on Sunday. The killers first kidnapped two guards at the main gate of the estate.
They demanded to be shown the lawyer’s house. When one of the guards refused to cooperate, his elbow was smashed with the butt of an AK-47 gun.
The police said the lawyer was involved in many land transactions. This is one of the leads they are pursuing. It could be the source of his death, they said.
Machakos county DCIO boss George Kisaka and Athi River police boss Sharma Wario said that the two seemed to have been hired to kill.
“The murder happened between 11.30am and 12.30pm. They held a guard hostage in the estate demanding he leads them to Chesang’s house,” Wario said yesterday.
“When they arrived at his compound, one knocked the door. Chesang’ peeped through the window curtains, then one of the gunmen shot him three times in the chest.”
The lawyer lived alone. His wife, a magistrate, works in Nyeri. She lives with their two children. The police found his body in a pool of blood in the living room, with documents scattered on a couch, a laptop, books and booklets strewn everywhere.
Police had to use a slender man from the estate to open the door which had been locked from inside. They also recovered seven spent cartridges two in the house and five outside the window.