Detectives from the DCI Homicide Directorate have arrested Samuel King’ara Kimani, a suspected serial killer linked to murders of two young women in Thika, Kiambu County.
The first case unfolded on March 17 this year when Rosemary Njeri Ndekei, 22, vanished minutes after heading to Thika town to shop for clothes.
Her disappearance sparked concern, leading to a missing person report being filed at Thika Police Station by her boyfriend and relatives.
Her body was discovered on March 18 in a coffee plantation in Karibaribi area.
Without identification documents, the decomposing body was transported to General Kago Mortuary for identification and autopsy. The following day her family confirmed it was her body.
The second incident occurred on March 31when Hellen Wambui Ndung’u, 20, a student at Gituamba Vocational Training College, disappeared after being sent by her mother to buy foodstuffs at Ngorongo Trading Centre, still in Kiambu.
Her body was discovered the following day in a bush, partially covered with soil.
The body had no visible injuries, and neighbours identified her as the missing girl.
Determined to unravel the mystery behind these patterns of murders, detectives from the Homicide Directorate joined forces with their Thika counterparts in a painstaking probe.
Utilising forensic leads and the Exchange Principle, the team trailed and arrested the prime suspect at Dry area of Ngomongo on April 14, 2025.
The investigation uncovered a chilling pattern: in both cases, the suspect accosted the victims at isolated pathways, thereafter dragging them into the depths of sprawling coffee plantations, where he sexually assaulted them before ruthlessly taking their lives and holing up without a trace.
King’ara was arraigned on Wednesday where detectives were granted custodial orders to complete investigations.
