A couple’s blossoming relationship came to a tragic end when they were murdered in the man’s house at Kagumo-ini village in Mathioya, Murang’a County. Joseph Munyiri and Jane Wambui had just shared a meal of chapati and retired to bed when a gang, armed with crude weapons, broke into their home on Friday night and bludgeoned them to death. Wambui, 35, was killed from the impact of a blunt object to the back of her neck.
Munyiri was found, barely conscious, as his life slowly ebbed away. He had stab wounds all over his body, and his eyes had been gouged out. Acid had been poured on both their bodies. A day later, Munyiri’s estranged wife, Julia Nyambura, and his eldest son, Humphrey Mwangi, were arrested in connection with the murder. Family and friends of the deceased said Nyambura and her son could have had a hand in the murders. Before their fallout two years ago, Munyiri, 58, and Nyambura had been married for 32 years and had eight children together.
That’s how killers just escape justice. People will make judgement based on the nearest assumption. It could even be other close family members but hey, they disagreed with 1st wife so it’s her, case closed. Early this year an old grandmother confessed to killing someone decades ago over land. It shocked everyone because the people accused almost got burnt but they luckily ran away at night never to be seen again. She was bedridden and on her final days. Until today people are wondering what happened to that family that ran away, mind you they were cousins. They were stigmatized as killers never to return.