This archive report was first published on 29 August 2021.
On August 11, 2021, the lifeless body of a four-year-old girl was discovered along the banks of River Karani in Kirinyaga, Kenya. The girl, a playschool pupil at Mugumo Primary School in Kimunye, had been defiled and murdered.
Following a two-week investigation by detectives based in Kirinyaga East, augmented by their Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) counterparts, Gabriel Muchira Muriithi, the 27-year-old suspect, was arrested on August 29, 2021.
Forensic examination of the girl's body by DCI's Crime Scene detectives established that she had been defiled before being murdered, a fact corroborated by an autopsy report.
On August 30, 2021, the suspect will be arraigned in court, pending the outcome of established legal procedures.
