Man convicted for murder of USIU student Aruwa in 2012 in Ruiru
A chilling tale of abduction, ransom demands, and murder that began with a young woman’s hope of meeting a university acquaintance ended in a High Court murder conviction on Wednesday. Justice Kanyi Kimondo found Duncan Livingstone Kimathi guilty of murdering Sarah Akello Aruwa, a final-year international relations student at the United States International University (USIU), [...] The post Man…
On June 30, 2012, final-year international relations student Sarah Akello Aruwa disappeared after meeting a man she had met at USIU. Her family received ransom demands totaling Sh100,000, which were paid by her son-in-law, Jim Onyango. On July 1, 2012, Aruwa's boyfriend was informed that her throat had been strangled, leading to her body being found in a thicket near Ruiru.
DNA evidence later linked Duncan Livingstone Kimathi to the crime scene and the victim's notebook. Kimathi was convicted of murder by neck compression by manual strangulation and sentenced to life in prison. The prosecution had presented a strong chain of circumstantial evidence connecting Kimathi to the crime, including the notebook handwriting analysis, mobile phone tracking data, and a prior conviction for abduction and demanding ransom.
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