Lang'ata police have detained a General Service Unit (GSU) officer on suspicion of being connected to a 28-year-old woman's purported suicide incident.
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) arrested Victor Otieno Ouma, a police constable assigned to the GSU's Ruaraka headquarters, on Thursday after it was revealed through a forensic examination of the victim's phone that he might have been present when Nelvin Museti passed away.
Nelvin allegedly leaped from the third story of an apartment building in Lang'ata on Thursday of last week, according to a police report detailing the incident.
"It was reported by the caretaker of Ascort apartments in Lang'ata near Cleanshelf that there was a lady who had jumped from the third floor of the said apartments. The scene was visited by police and the body of one Nelvin Museti, a female adult aged 28 years, was found at the back of the said apartments," the police report seen by Citizen Digital reads in part.
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"The deceased, who is said to have been living alone, is believed to have jumped at around 0550hrs from the balcony of her house, which attracted the attention of the neighbors when they heard a thud. The body, which had no physical injuries but blood oozing from the nose, has been moved to the city mortuary awaiting post-mortem."
However, during the woman's apartment inspection, authorities found evidence of the presence of another person during the incident, including a partially smoked roll of bhang, an empty Viceroy bottle, a 2-liter soft drink, and a used condom.
"Investigations were immediately commenced whereby a mobile telephone analysis of the victim's phone was carried out, and it was established a mobile subscriber 0723588227, later identified as No 114270 PC Victor Ouma, was found to have been in constant communication with the victim," a subsequent police report on the same incident reads.
"Further analysis revealed that the subscriber proceeded and joined the victim at her apartment for the night additionally he was found to have purchased an alcoholic drink for Ksh.1,650 before joining the victim, further investigations are ongoing to establish whether an alteration occurred in the apartment between the nights of 10-11/1/2024," added the police.
