The main suspect behind the gruesome murder of 81 year-old city consultant Dr. Gerishon Mwiti has been arrested. Dr Mwiti was hacked to death on January 14, 2023 at Thigiri ridge in Westlands, Nairobi County.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the suspect, Bernard Kioko, who was a gardener at Dr Mwiti’s home was arrested Wednesday at Mabatini in Mathare settlement, after being on the run since allegedly committing the murder last Saturday.
This is after an operation that lasted more than 24 hours, after the suspect engaged detectives in a hide and seek game from Mwingi in Kitui county until his arrest.
The operation was conducted by a contingent of officers drawn from the Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau based at Nairobi regional command, DCI Gigiri and officers from Huruma police station.
The deceased’s son Daniel Mwiti says he found his father’s lifeless body sprawled in their garden bearing a deep cut at the back of his head.
Detectives are currently interrogating the suspect for more details into the incident.
