After two years of investigating a murder spree that claimed the lives of 42 women, Kenyan law enforcement finally located and cuffed their “psychopathic serial killer” suspect.
Kenya’s National Police announced in a news conference the arrest of 33-year-old Collins Jumaisi Khalusha who they believe is behind the string of killings dating back to 2022. They became aware of the killings after discovering a series of remains of women ages 18 through 30 just last week. Police said they were found mutilated, stuffed in sacks and discarded near a dump in Kware. Authorities immediately believed they had a cult leader or serial killer on their hands.
At the same time of the investigation, authorities were on the search for a woman named Josephine Owino, whose remains were found among the others recovered by officials. Her sister said she’d gone missing June 26, per CBS News. Luckily, Owino’s phone led detectives to their prime suspect, according to Mohammed Amin, chief of Kenya’s national Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
Police said they were able to trace a money transaction from Owino to Khalusha’s phone, locating him at a club where he watched the European soccer championship Sunday. Police say he confessed to luring in the victims, killing them and disposing of their bodies – all 42 of them including his wife who he confessed to making his first kill.
Khalusha lived in a one room rented home just feet away from where the remains were found, police said in the conference. Authorities also displayed the items they recovered from his home including 10 cell phones, 24 SIM cards, eight ID cards ranging from men and women, a pair of rubber gloves and a machete.
It’s unclear what his charges are at the moment. However, the revelation of these grisly crimes sent shockwaves across Kenya where women feared being raped or killed.
“Those women might have been killed today, but which woman is next in line? It is so sad that someone who killed 42 people was still roaming out there. Women’s lives must count, and women’s lives must be protected,” said Kajiado lawmaker Leah Sankaire Sopiato at the conference.
