Couple suspected of killing baby David arrested near Tanzania

Police have arrested the suspected killers of baby David Ndung’u as they attempted to escape to Tanzania.

On Wednesday, Phylis Njeri and her husband Jockson Ngui who allegedly tortured the three-year-old boy to death were smoked out of their hideout at Illasit village, close to the Kenya-Tanzanian border.

According to the police, they started investigations after a social media post about baby David’s brutal murder went viral.

“Investigations were launched immediately, unearthing gory details of how David was brutally murdered,” DCI tweeted.

Baby David and his six-year-old brother Peter had been left under the care of Njeri, as their mother Maureen Njoki, was leaving the country for Saudi Arabia in November 2021.

Barely four months after her departure, her son was Killed.

Njeri received the news and announced it on social media, which triggered an online outrage with Kenyans seeking justice for the boy.

The police conducted forensic analysis at the couple’s house in Kwa Maji area within Mowlem, in the Kamukunji sub-county, and found out that the baby was killed in the house before his body was dumped at Mama Lucy Kibaki’s Hospital mortuary.

The police gave a detailed description of the deceased’s torture.

“Baby David’s body had severe burns on both hands, legs and buttocks. He also had fresh injuries on the neck, the back and the face," police said.

The detectives also recovered a whip that is alleged to have been used to assault the elder brother. He is said to have been threatened with dire consequences should he reveal what had happened to his brother.

The two suspects have since been transferred to Nairobi awaiting arraignment.

DCI has expressed their gratitude to Kenyans for raising their voices to seek justice for the boy and encouraged the public to continue reporting crimes or suspected crimes to them.

“The DCI thanks Kenyans on social media who brought the matter to our attention. We encourage any other victims of crime seeking justice to report to us directly through our interactive online platforms.”