JOHANNESBURG, KENYA - The Kenyan National Police told reporters that a "psychopathic serial killer with no respect for human life" was successfully captured and arrested on Monday. Reportedly, the suspect, Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33. confessed to authorities to the murder of 42 women, including his first victim: his own wife.
As reported by CBS News, the chief of Kenya's National Directorate of Criminal Investigations Mohammed Amin revealed that Khalusha is believed to have murdered some of his victims as recently as July 10th in a series of killings that dates all the way back to 2022.
In a statement from the DCI, the Directorate stated that Khalusha was arrested outside of a club where he was going to watch the Euro 2024 football (soccer) finals. He was pursued and arrested after the forensic analysis of a cell phone belonging to one of his victims- Josephine Mulongo Owino- tied to her by mobile money transactions made from the phone.
Following his arrest, the suspect led investigators to a single-room rented house in Kware where police recovered the bodies and body parts of his victims, along with ten cellphones, two dozen sim card holders and sim cards, a laptop and drive, flash drives, a machete, twelve pairs of nylon socks one pair of rubber gloves, the identification cards of six men and two women, two pairs of women's underwear, cannabis, nylon rope, cellophane tape, a reflective jacket, and two title deeds.
In his confession, he admitted to luring, killing and disposing of the corpses of 42 women between 2022 and Thursday, starting with his wife, Imelda Judith Khalenya. He had reportedly strangled her before dismembering her body and then followed this pattern for his remaining 41 victims.
CBS reported that the butchered remains of the women aged 18-30 were found stuffed in sacks near the Kware dump, alerting the authorities to the killing spree. Speaking with reporters, Amin added, "We have a second suspect who was caught with one of the handsets from one of the victims," but he refused to elaborate further on the identity of the second suspect or how they may be connected to the murders.
As reported by CBS News, the chief of Kenya's National Directorate of Criminal Investigations Mohammed Amin revealed that Khalusha is believed to have murdered some of his victims as recently as July 10th in a series of killings that dates all the way back to 2022.
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In a statement from the DCI, the Directorate stated that Khalusha was arrested outside of a club where he was going to watch the Euro 2024 football (soccer) finals. He was pursued and arrested after the forensic analysis of a cell phone belonging to one of his victims- Josephine Mulongo Owino- tied to her by mobile money transactions made from the phone.
Following his arrest, the suspect led investigators to a single-room rented house in Kware where police recovered the bodies and body parts of his victims, along with ten cellphones, two dozen sim card holders and sim cards, a laptop and drive, flash drives, a machete, twelve pairs of nylon socks one pair of rubber gloves, the identification cards of six men and two women, two pairs of women's underwear, cannabis, nylon rope, cellophane tape, a reflective jacket, and two title deeds.
In his confession, he admitted to luring, killing and disposing of the corpses of 42 women between 2022 and Thursday, starting with his wife, Imelda Judith Khalenya. He had reportedly strangled her before dismembering her body and then followed this pattern for his remaining 41 victims.
CBS reported that the butchered remains of the women aged 18-30 were found stuffed in sacks near the Kware dump, alerting the authorities to the killing spree. Speaking with reporters, Amin added, "We have a second suspect who was caught with one of the handsets from one of the victims," but he refused to elaborate further on the identity of the second suspect or how they may be connected to the murders.
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