This archive report was first published on 14 September 2019.
On September 13, 2019, a team of detectives led by Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti retrieved the body of Tob Cohen from an underground water tank in his Kitisuru home in Nairobi.
Lawyer Phillip Murgor has mounted a strong defense for his client Susan Wairimu Kamotho, who has been named as a key suspect in the murder.
Murgor accuses the police of foul play, claiming there is an attempt to frame his client for the murder.
He questions the way the search was conducted, saying they were not consulted by the investigating officers.
According to Murgor, his client has been in police custody for over two weeks and has only been allowed to access her house in the presence of the police.
He refutes claims that the deceased was tortured and murdered in the house and that the body had not decomposed.
He says his client had scanty information about her husband's whereabouts based on the nature of their estranged relationship.
Murgor maintains there is no evidence linking his client to the murder and urges the media to exercise caution in their reporting of the case.
