The Kenyan police arrested a murder suspect in the United States
The Kenyan police have announced that they have re-arrested Kevin Kinyanjui Kang'ethe who escaped from the Muthaiga Police Station where he was being detained after the US embassy requested Kenya to help transport him to the country so that he could be charged for allegedly killing his girlfriend and then dumping her body at the airport .
Kinyanjui Kang'ethe's escape from prison while in the hands of the police caused a great debate in the nation after he was initially arrested and kept in custody. Kevin Kang'ethe was detained at the Muthaiga Police Station in Nairobi awaiting extradition to the United States following the death of Margaret Mbitu, whose body was found in an airport car park last year, but who mysteriously escaped from the police station last week . The police commander in Nairobi, Adamson Bungei, said Kang'ethe was hiding in his relative's house on the outskirts of Nairobi, where the police found him on Tuesday evening after a search of several days. Currently, the suspect has been brought to court to answer charges of escaping from custody while awaiting extradition to the United States. US and Kenyan authorities had launched a manhunt after Mbitu was found stabbed to death in a car park at Boston's Logan Airport in November. Kang'ethe's arrest warrant was issued after he fled the United States to Kenya, where he was arrested at the end of January. Four police officers, two relatives and the suspect's lawyer were arrested in connection with his escape from prison.
