This archive report was first published on 16 September 2019.
On July 12, 2019, Tob Cohen, a Dutch billionaire, wrote a letter to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji, detailing his fears for his life. The letter was also copied to the Inspector-General of Police, Hillary Mutyambai.
Cohen's letter, sent through his lawyers Musyoki Mogaka and Co advocates, outlined how his marriage had turned into a living hell and how instruments of justice were being abused to make his life hard.
He specifically pointed out that despite having enough evidence, no step had been taken by police officers at Parklands Police Station to prosecute his wife, Wairimu, for her alleged wrongdoings.
Eight days after writing this letter, Cohen was reported missing on July 20, 2019. His badly decomposed body was discovered inside a septic tank in his compound on September 13, 2019.
DCI George Kinoti was shocked at the state of Cohen's body, which was found bound, hands, legs, and neck, before being murdered and hidden in an underground water tank.
“He was bound, hands, legs, and the neck, before he was murdered and then they hid him in an underground water tank,” a visibly shaken Kinoti told members of the press.
