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Re: A black animal accused of killing his girlfriend in Massachusetts escapes from police custody in Kenya
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On 28 Feb 2022, Lefty Lundquist <lefty_l...@ggmail.com> posted some
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> Typical of a country where Obama was born.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A man awaiting extradition on a Massachusetts
warrant alleging he killed his girlfriend and left her body in a car at a
Boston airport escaped from police custody in Kenya, police said Thursday.
Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kangethe slipped out of the police station and jumped
into a privately owned minivan, Nairobi police chief Adamson Bungei said.
A fresh search for him began immediately.
Four police officers who were on duty at the station are in custody and
have recorded statements, according to a police report seen by The
Associated Press.
The officers said that around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, a man named John Maina
Ndegwa introduced himself to the officers as Kangethe's lawyer and said he
wanted to speak with his client.
“The officers agreed to his request and removed the prisoner from the
cells and took him to (an) office ... leaving them there. After a short
while the prisoner escaped by running away and left the (lawyer) behind,”
the report said.
Officers pursued Kangethe but did not catch him, the police report said,
adding that Ndegwa was arrested.
Nairobi police chief Adamson Bungei said he rushed to the station when he
learned of the escape. “We have arrested the officers who were on duty
when he escaped to explain how it happened. It is just embarrassing to
us,” he said.
Kangethe, 40, had been detained pending a ruling on whether he should be
extradited to face a first-degree murder charge in connection with the
death of Margaret Mbitu on Oct. 31, 2023.
Massachusetts State Police said in early November that Kangethe had left
her body in a car at Logan International Airport and boarded a flight to
Kenya. Massachusetts officials said they were working with Kenyan
authorities to locate him, and he was arrested in a nightclub on Jan. 30
after being on the run for three months.
A police official told the AP that Kangethe said he had renounced his U.S.
citizenship. The police official, who insisted on anonymity in order speak
freely about an ongoing investigation, said if Kangethe were an American
citizen he would have been repatriated without a court process.
The court approved a police application for him to be detained for 30 days
while the extradition issue was heard.
On Feb. 2, prosecutor Vincent Monda asked the court to endorse the U.S.
warrant for Kangethe's arrest and issue directions for the extradition
proceedings.
The suspect’s lawyer sought directions on surrendering Kangethe to the
U.S. and opposed his continuing detention as disregarding his rights.
Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina was to give further directions on the matter
and issue orders related to the bond issue on Feb. 9.
Mbitu, a health care aide in Halifax, was last seen leaving work Oct. 30
and reported missing by her family. The preliminary investigation showed
Mbitu had left her workplace and traveled with Kangethe to Lowell, where
he lived, the prosecution said.
Police have been ranked as Kenya's most corrupt institution for decades,
and his escape raised suspicions that bribes were paid for his freedom.
Other suspected killers have escaped police custody in the past.
On Oct. 14, 2021, Masten Wanjala, who had confessed to killing 10 children
in his hometown of Bungoma in western Kenya, reportedly escaped from
police cells in Nairobi under unclear circumstances. A mob in his hometown
traced him to a house and beat him to death a couple of days later.
https://news.yahoo.com/man-accused-killing-girlfriend-massachusetts-
035339846.html
news:svjmj7$4q3$9...@dont-email.me:
> Typical of a country where Obama was born.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A man awaiting extradition on a Massachusetts
warrant alleging he killed his girlfriend and left her body in a car at a
Boston airport escaped from police custody in Kenya, police said Thursday.
Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kangethe slipped out of the police station and jumped
into a privately owned minivan, Nairobi police chief Adamson Bungei said.
A fresh search for him began immediately.
Four police officers who were on duty at the station are in custody and
have recorded statements, according to a police report seen by The
Associated Press.
The officers said that around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, a man named John Maina
Ndegwa introduced himself to the officers as Kangethe's lawyer and said he
wanted to speak with his client.
“The officers agreed to his request and removed the prisoner from the
cells and took him to (an) office ... leaving them there. After a short
while the prisoner escaped by running away and left the (lawyer) behind,”
the report said.
Officers pursued Kangethe but did not catch him, the police report said,
adding that Ndegwa was arrested.
Nairobi police chief Adamson Bungei said he rushed to the station when he
learned of the escape. “We have arrested the officers who were on duty
when he escaped to explain how it happened. It is just embarrassing to
us,” he said.
Kangethe, 40, had been detained pending a ruling on whether he should be
extradited to face a first-degree murder charge in connection with the
death of Margaret Mbitu on Oct. 31, 2023.
Massachusetts State Police said in early November that Kangethe had left
her body in a car at Logan International Airport and boarded a flight to
Kenya. Massachusetts officials said they were working with Kenyan
authorities to locate him, and he was arrested in a nightclub on Jan. 30
after being on the run for three months.
A police official told the AP that Kangethe said he had renounced his U.S.
citizenship. The police official, who insisted on anonymity in order speak
freely about an ongoing investigation, said if Kangethe were an American
citizen he would have been repatriated without a court process.
The court approved a police application for him to be detained for 30 days
while the extradition issue was heard.
On Feb. 2, prosecutor Vincent Monda asked the court to endorse the U.S.
warrant for Kangethe's arrest and issue directions for the extradition
proceedings.
The suspect’s lawyer sought directions on surrendering Kangethe to the
U.S. and opposed his continuing detention as disregarding his rights.
Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina was to give further directions on the matter
and issue orders related to the bond issue on Feb. 9.
Mbitu, a health care aide in Halifax, was last seen leaving work Oct. 30
and reported missing by her family. The preliminary investigation showed
Mbitu had left her workplace and traveled with Kangethe to Lowell, where
he lived, the prosecution said.
Police have been ranked as Kenya's most corrupt institution for decades,
and his escape raised suspicions that bribes were paid for his freedom.
Other suspected killers have escaped police custody in the past.
On Oct. 14, 2021, Masten Wanjala, who had confessed to killing 10 children
in his hometown of Bungoma in western Kenya, reportedly escaped from
police cells in Nairobi under unclear circumstances. A mob in his hometown
traced him to a house and beat him to death a couple of days later.
https://news.yahoo.com/man-accused-killing-girlfriend-massachusetts-
035339846.html
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