Kenyan Police have arrested a man who they described as a “serial killer” suspected to have been behind the horrific murder of nine women whose mutilated bodies were found in a disused quarry used as a waste dump.
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| Some of the bodies were found dumped in plastic bags in the disused quarry. Photo: AFP via bbc.com |
Jomaisi Khalisia, 32, confessed to having killed 42 women since 2022, encompassing his own wife, Police reveal.
The suspect was nabbed at a bar early on Monday morning as he was watching the Euro 2024 final.
Since the first of the dismembered bodies were found on Friday in Nairobi, there has been shock and anger in Kenya.
Head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mohamed Amin, said: “[He] confessed to have lured, killed and disposed of 42 female bodies at the dumping site, all murdered between 2022 and as recent as Thursday.”
Amin said, after his arrest, the suspect led Police officers to his house, about 100m (yards) from the crime scene.
Crucial evidences were discovered in the house of the suspect, including 10 phones, a laptop, machete, identity cards and personal female clothing.
The dump site where the bodies were found in different stages of decay have been condoned off by the Police.
According to Police, the victims were aged between 18 and 30.
