The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has given a breakdown of the details of the five sacks that were retrieved in Kware, Mukuru Kwa Njenga slums in Embakasi South, with suspected human bodies.
A team of DCI homicide detectives and GSU Recce Squad officers on Saturday, July 13, 2024, camped at an abandoned quarry in Mukuru Kwa Njenga to search for more bodies after discoveries were made on Friday, July 12, 2024.
Female body parts
In a statement issued shortly after the bodies retrieved on Saturday were transferred to City Mortuary, the DCI said that out of the five sacks that were retrieved, three bags contained female body parts.
The first bag of the three had two legs from the knee downwards, the second bag contained two body parts, one from the neck to the waist and another from the head to the waist, and the third bag contained a lower limb from the thigh to the knee.
Dog carcass and garbage
The DCI says that the other two bags of the five that were retrieved did not have human body parts.
The crime busters say one contained a dog carcass while the other was full of garbage.
“Further to the statement made yesterday July 12, 2024, the DCI would like to inform the public that five more nylon bags were retrieved from the quarry today.
“Three bags contained female body parts as follows: the first bag had two legs from the knee downwards, the second bag contained two body parts, one from the neck to the waist and another from the head to the waist, and the third bag contained a lower limb from the thigh to the knee. For the other two bags, one contained a dog carcass while the other was full of garbage,” the DCI said.
DCI promises thorough investigation
The DCI went ahead to assure the public of a thorough investigation, which the anti-crime agency says will cover a wide range of areas including possible cultism activities.
“We want to assure the public that our investigations will be thorough and shall cover a wide range of areas, including but not limited to the possible activities of cultists and serial killings,” the statement reads in part.
The Mohamed Amin-led agency has further appealed to the members of the public to remain calm and give the detectives a chance to deliver justice to the victims.
DCI on evidence gathering
The DCI pointed out that their homicide detectives and forensic experts based at the National Forensic Laboratory were on Saturday blocked by a charged crowd from accessing the scene.
“Moments ago, a select team of our homicide detectives and forensic experts based at the National Forensic Laboratory, whose role is very crucial in evidence gathering before the scene is tampered with, were impeded by agitated members of the public from accessing the scene.
“In full understanding of the emotive nature of these developments, we urge our fellow Kenyans to allow us to handle this scene in order to give closure to the families and bring to book any culpable persons,” the DCI said.
The chaotic scene was witnessed after the police turned down the crowd’s request of having the five sacks opened.
Interested parties, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), civil society organizations and human rights activists have been urged to participate in the postmortem exercise to ensure that the investigations are carried out in a most transparent and open manner.
Further to the statement made yesterday July 12, 2024, the DCI would like to inform the public that five more nylon bags were retrieved from the quarry today.
Three bags contained female body parts as follows: the first bag had two legs from the knee downwards, the second bag…
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) July 13, 2024