This archive report was first published on 14 July 2021.
On July 13, 2021, detectives from the Buruburu Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) found the decomposing bodies of two missing children near Kabete Approved School.
The children, identified as Charles Opindo Bala, 13, and Mutuku Musyoka, 12, had gone missing on June 30 and July 8, respectively.
A key suspect, Masten Milimu Wanjala, 20, who had been arrested earlier, led the detectives to the scene where the bodies were found.
Nairobi Region police commander Augustine Nthumbi stated that they were yet to establish the motive of the killing.
‘The suspect could have been together with other people. We are working hard to know if there were other players in this murder. We are investigating a murder incident,’ he said.
Police suspect that the man may have made demands to the families of the children and was not working alone.
According to Missing Child Kenya, 73 children initially missing are now in government homes for safe care and custody, 496 others have been found and reunited with their families, while 190 children remain missing.
