This archive report was first published on 20 September 2019.
On March 30th, 2019, two Kenyan men in Minnesota allegedly committed a heinous crime at the Mystic Casino Hotel.
Francis Ndegwa Kamau, 39, of Spring Lake Park, MN and Kenneth Wagacha Kibe, 37, of Burnsville, MN, have been charged with felony sexual assault of a woman with mental and physical impairments.
The victim, who lives in a group home, has been diagnosed with mild intellectual disabilities, unspecified congenital anomaly of musculoskeletal system (right hand), seizure disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and depression.
According to arrest warrants, Kamau and Kibe approached the woman at the buffet of the Mystic Casino Hotel and, after chatting for a while, entered a hotel room where they stayed for an hour.
Police say that the woman later reported to casino security that the men had sexually assaulted her, and when police arrived, she told them that both men tried to have sex with her several times even though she asked them to stop.
During an interview with police, Kibe admitted to secretly recording a portion of the assault, while Kamau initially denied involvement but later claimed that the woman was 'enticing them' and that they were notorious about having sex with her.
Police found 'blood or other bodily fluid' and a condom wrapper on the bed in the room, as well as multiple videos of the alleged assault and a text conversation about the woman on the men's phones.
Both men have been charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct of a person who 'is mentally impaired, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless.' If convicted, they face a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, a fine of $30,000, or both.
