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A suspect has been arrested in connection with the brutal m8rder of Kenyan journalist, Lilian Achieng Aluko, whose body was discovered in a house in Kahawa West, Nairobi.
Lilian, who was a presenter atRadio 44, a local radio station, was found d3ad at her boyfriend’s house with injuries on her face and a stab wound at the back on November 1, 2024.
The 33-year-old had informed her family that she would be spending the night at her boyfriend’s place, which would be the last time they saw her alive.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in a statement on Friday said the suspect, believed to be Achieng’s boyfriend, was apprehended in the Kaanwa area of Tharaka Nithi County.
The DCI worked closely with local authorities in Meru County to track down the suspect, whose movements had been monitored since he disappeared on November 1.
Police investigations revealed that Achieng and the suspect spent the evening at a local establishment before heading to the suspect’s house in Kahawa Wes
“George Mwenda Mutegi, the prime suspect in the monstrous murder of Ms Lilian Achieng Aluko has been arrested after days of scrupulous manhunt. Mutegi was smoked out of his hideaway at Kaanwa area of Tharaka Nithi county,” the statement read.
“The suspect’s arrest by a combined team of hawkshaws from DCI Hqs augmented by their Meru counterparts is a culmination of days of meticulous investigations launched on 1st November, 2024, the night Mutegi is believed to have murdered his girlfriend. After the heinous k!lling, Mutegi disappeared and erased his footprints.
“Police and the neighbours would only wake up to a slain Achieng, whose lifeless body lay soaked in blood with a stab wound at the back of her right ear and visible injuries on her face and hips.
“Probing the case, police found out that the two lovebirds had on the fateful night had a good time at a local establishment, before retreating to the boyfriend’s place of aboard in Kahawa West.