A 21-year-old man suspected to have murdered his mother, Judith Nafula Konya, in Trans Nzoia County has been arrested in Mtwapa, Kilifi County.
The suspect, Brian Wafula, was arrested at a hotel room in Kanamai area while highly intoxicated with a substance that police believed was marijuana.
Mtwapa Sub-county police commander, Mohamed Wako, confirmed that the suspect had been arrested and booked at Mtwapa Police Station awaiting to be taken back to Trans Nzoia.
Wako said that they had booked the suspect at Shanzu Law Courts under miscellaneous application seeking orders to hold him at the Mtwapa Police Station awaiting the arrival of detectives from Trans Nzoia.
"We are collaborating with our counterparts drawn from Trans Nzoia county and as soon as they arrive, we will hand over the suspect to them for further processing and arraignment in court within the jurisdiction where the alleged crime was committed," he said.
Suspect's mother went missing
The suspect's mother, who was a laboratory technician at St Joseph’s Girls’ High School, went missing on Tuesday, October 18, 2022.
The body of the 50-year-old technician was later found in Kiminini river on Saturday, October 22.
The suspect is said to have threatened his mother, prior to her murder.
Kiminini Sub-County Police Commander, John Onditi, while confirming the incident said that the deceased had a quarrel with her son who had sold her farm produce without "permission".
