Detectives Reveal Shocking Details After Arresting Prime Suspect in the Murder of NLC Director Jennifer Wambua

Detectives have arrested Peter Mwangi Njenga, alias Ole Sankale, the prime suspect in the murder of acting Director of Communications at National Lands Commission (NLC) Jennifer Wambua.

Through criminal intelligence, detectives first forensically placed the suspect at the scene of the crime and later managed to find eyewitnesses, who saw him with the deceased on the last time she was seen alive on March 12th, 2021.

Detectives repeatedly combed the crime scene and managed to pick crucial exhibits, which were marked, packaged, and presented for forensic examination. 

“The forensic results are finally out, positively matching the suspect,” DCI says.

Mwangi allegedly trailed Wambua to Ngong’ Forest where she had gone to pray, with investigations establishing that he interacted and spent time with his victim at a location where her half-naked body was later discovered.

“It was also established that the area is often visited by pilgrims for spiritual intentions. Detectives further established that the suspect preyed on the deceased as she prayed before he made his move to sexually assault her and strangle her to death,” DCI added.

An autopsy conducted by government pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor revealed that there was sexual contact between Wambua and her killers. Her lifeless body was found at Vet Farm in Kajiado County.

A probe into Mwangi’s criminal records showed that he committed similar offenses in the past, with detectives baffled by how the suspect won freedom despite being handed a death sentence in 2003.

“It was confirmed that the suspect was a jailbird. Our criminal data system was mined and indeed confirmed the suspect had committed similar offenses using the same modus operandi of committing robbery and thereafter repeatedly, sexually abusing the victims by raping and killing them,” DCI noted.

“For instance, in 1996, he was charged with stealing and was further charged three times with the offenses of robbery with violence and rape. On January 15th, 2003, he was convicted and sentenced to death at Kibera Senior Resident’s Magistrate Court. How he won his freedom remains a mystery, which the detectives are currently engaged in demystifying.”