Kenyan police and investigation agencies scramble to piece together the mystery of dismembered remains discovered at the Kware dumpsite in the Embakasi South constituency.
In a joint news conference on Sunday, Acting Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Director Mohamed Amin told the public that investigations into the killings are underway, and certain individuals of interest have been identified.
According to security officials, eight remains have been found in a dumpsite in Mukuru Kwa Njenga slums. Six were rescued on Friday, while the last two were retrieved on Saturday.
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DCI Director Amin stated that the remains were at various stages of decomposition, but the victims experienced the same fate.
“The modus operandi was almost the same. If you look at the age, it was between 18-30. These are all female. If you look at how the bodies have been disguised and packaged - all the same,” Amin stated, noting that bodies were dumped at a similar spot in the dumpsite,” said Amin.
The DCI director also said that the heinous killings were motivated by a variety of factors.
“Are we dealing with a cult that is associated with criminal activities? Are we dealing with serial killers that are also associated with criminal activities? Or even, could we be dealing with rogue medical practitioners that are dealing with criminal activities? All these are hypothesis we have tried to bring on board.”
The DCI's supervisor noted that police personnel have faced minimal obstacles at the site, which angry public members have mainly caused.
“Members of the public should collaborate. 70% of the success of any investigation is how we examine the crime scene. If we don’t preserve the crime scene, if we allow members of the public to contaminate it, we will not go far,” Amin appealed to the public.
