New details about Eastleigh triple murder suspect

According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), 24-year-old Hashim was the driver of the Nissan Note with registration number KDQ 718Y, which was captured on CCTV collecting Nuseiba and Amina from their home in Eastleigh at around 9pm on Monday.

“Investigations revealed that Hashim drove the victims from their home in Eastleigh using his Nissan Note (registration number KDQ 718Y), which was captured on CCTV cameras, on 21 October 2024, hours before the bodies were found scattered at various locations,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigation said. (DCI) said in his statement.

The vehicle was later found abandoned in the Wakulima market, not far from the area. The two bodies were found around 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Nuseiba’s body was found at Bahati in Makadara and Amina’s body was found at 6th Avenue Parklands. Waris’ limbless body was found at Khyumbi in Machakos, 30 kilometers from Eastleigh. His severed hands were found on the Five Star road in South C.

Police said a suspect known to Hashim was in custody and was assisting with investigations as efforts to catch the fugitive intensified.

National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) records show Mr Hashim held a provisional driver’s license issued on February 22, 2024. That license expired on August 22, 2024, meaning it had expired on the date he was allegedly caught driving the car with the victims for two months. Has the authority to drive class B2 vehicles.

On Saturday, a man was arrested by security agencies in Dhobley, Somalia, on suspicion of being a fugitive. He was arrested outside a hall while he was waiting for his wife.

However, after he gave his identity documents, it turned out that the incident was identity fraud.

He later traveled with his wife from Dhobley to Garissa County, Kenya, where he released a video informing the public about the incident. He declared that he had nothing to do with the murders.

According to detectives attached to the DCI, on the day the three disappeared, another woman told police that she too had been kidnapped but was released after her family paid a Sh1 million ransom to an account in Ethiopia.

“The woman reached out to her family and informed them that her life was in danger. That’s when they quickly paid some money into an international account,” a detective familiar with the matter told Nation.Africa confidentially.

The woman is among the people interviewed by detectives. The others are the owner of the apartment building where the victims lived and a person who sold a phone to the escaped suspect.

The car linked to the triple murder was found in the Wakulima market last Thursday.

It is believed that the killers first dumped Nuseiba’s body near Bahati primary school, then went to Parklands and dumped Amina’s body.

They then went to South C, where they cut off Daud’s hands and threw his limbs there. They then went to Kyumbi in Machakos County, where his body was found. From there the vehicle was driven back to Nairobi and dropped off at Wakulima market.

The vehicle was discovered after detectives scoured CCTV footage from Parklands and Eastleigh. As the two girls got into the vehicle, they identified the license plate number of the car, which was first captured outside the apartment where the victims lived.

Earlier that day, Daud had left home in the morning, telling his niece and daughter that he wanted to receive a skin care treatment at a facility in Business Bay Square (BBS) Shopping Center in Eastleigh.

When night fell and he did not return, the girls chose to call Daud because he was also not answering calls.

Police said Daud’s phone was in constant communication with his nephew’s phone on the day he disappeared.

Government pathologist Johansen Oduor said an autopsy on the bodies revealed that Nuseiba died due to asphyxiation, which blocked his airway. He also said that they suspected that the 12-year-old child had been raped. Samples were taken for analysis.

Mr Oduor said Amina had multiple stab wounds, one of which pierced her heart.

Daud had serious wounds on his neck and signs that he had been tortured.

The three were buried at Lang’ata cemetery. Daud’s husband lives in the United Kingdom (UK), where he lives with another wife who recently visited Kenya.