Tuesday, October 6, 2026 - A murder suspect who went on the run after the brutal killing of an 18-year-old Form Four student in Molo has been arrested following a sustained manhunt by detectives.
The suspect, identified as 23-year-old Walter Kipkoech, was
traced to a hideout in Lagwenda village, Kuresoi North, where detectives from
Molo, alongside officers from the Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB)
at the Regional Criminal Investigations Headquarters, Rift Valley, smoked him
out.
Kipkoech reportedly fled immediately after the killing of
Joy Wangui, a Form Four student at Molo Secondary School, whose lifeless body
was discovered inside a house in Kiambaa area, Moto Location.
Her brother had briefly left home for a nearby shop but
returned to a horrifying scene, finding his sister lying in a pool of blood in
the kitchen, with her head severed from her body.
Detectives responding to the scene recovered an axe, a
panga, and two knives, all bearing bloodstains, near the body.
The deceased’s head was later discovered in the corridor,
where a chilling message had allegedly been scrawled on the wall using blood: “I
love you, Joy, but never cheat, I'm sorry.”
Preliminary investigations established that Kipkoech was the
deceased’s boyfriend, with detectives pursuing a possible relationship dispute
as the motive for the killing.
When detectives finally caught up with him, Kipkoech was
wearing a blood-stained boxer, a white T-shirt bearing the deceased’s name at
the hem and black jeans with visible dry blood stains.
He was escorted to Molo Police Station, where he is being processed pending arraignment as detectives continue piecing together the events surrounding the horrific killing.
The Kenyan DAILY POST.
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