An American fugitive wanted for the murder of a billionaire in Kenya is living large in Florida despite two warrants of arrest against him, the Sunday Nation can reveal.
Mr Jacob Will Schmalzle, who fled Kenya after he was tipped off by a rogue investigator that he would be arrested over the murder, will probably be busy doing his sales job at Castle Church Brewing in Orlando, Florida.
Officers investigating the matter suspect that Mr Baburam was murdered in a love triangle during a family vacation in the Coast where Mr Schmalzle was present.
Ms Yakub is out on a Sh10 million bond with two sureties of the same amount. In her bail terms, she was ordered to report to Gigiri Police Station in Nairobi once every week until the end of the trial. However, Mr Richard Mungwai the OCPD Gigiri said “no officer is aware of such a lady reporting”.
Kenyan authorities had indicated they had issued an international warrant of arrest against the fugitive, but Interpol told the Sunday Nation they were not aware of any such request.
“No American citizen is above the law, whether in the US or in Kenya. A fair and speedy investigation and trial is in order for anyone accused of or arrested for such a serious crime,” said the American Embassy, adding that Kenyan immigration maintains passport control for all travellers.
Questions remain on why the Kenyan authorities allowed him to leave. It also remains a mystery why an alleged international warrant mentioned in court appeared not to have been brought to the attention of Interpol.
A night guard who witnessed a tycoon being drowned in a swimming pool by his wife and her American clandestine lover says he was threatened to shut up or face dire consequences. Emmanuel Wafula who was on duty in one of the villas at Medina Palm Beach Resort said he saw Amina Shiraz and Jacob Schmalze drown Jimmy Jagatram Baburam on the night of June 26, 2015.
He told investigation officer Jacob Ngao that when Shiraz and Schmalze realised that he was watching what was going on, they pretended to pull him out of the pool and called him to help them. Jimmy had flown to Kenya for a three day vacation in Watamu with his wife, two children and two nannies when he met his death.
“The deceased’s death though as a result of drowning as per the postmortem wasn’t accidental but out of premeditated foul play which up to now sits deep inside the heart of some,” said the investigating officer. It was revealed that days after the deceased’s burial, Shiraz and her family proceeded to claim an insurance policy worth KSh 50 million.
The security guard said the woman called him to help pull Jimmy out of the swimming pool saying that he was just drunk and would be okay. He also confirmed that the woman’s lover had a bloody bruise on his left eye and that she wanted him attended to immediately and neglected her husband who was unconscious by the pool side.
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