Wife key suspect in husband's murder in Kiambu - DCI

Detectives investigating the murder of a Kiambu contractor have closed in on his wife as the prime suspect. 

The body George Mwangi, 58, was found dumped in Kieni forest, Kiambu county on Wednesday, hours prior to his flight to Rwanda where he is based.

Mwangi was the husband to Gladys Chania, a local politician in Kiambu.

She filed a missing person report on Tuesday night at Mwea Police Post in Gatundu North.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations on Friday said Mwangi's body was discovered by Kamunyaka tea plantation workers wrapped in a polythene bag and covered under a heap of cartons.

"The father of three who had returned home on September 13, was killed in cold blood hours before his return flight and his body dumped in Kieni forest, Kiambu county."

Detectives have since established that Mwangi was killed following a love affair with a local school secretary.

They have named his wife as the primary suspect.

The detectives also found out that the master bedroom was the primary scene of murder where they recovered the suspected murder weapon.

They also recovered blood soaked bed sheets, curtains and clothes hidden in a locked room adjacent to the master bedroom.

"Forensic experts based at the Crime Scene Investigations unit have also detected blood splatter patterns on the bedroom walls, wardrobe and along the stairway indicating that the father of three was killed in the house before his body was dumped kilometres away," DCI said.