Roysambu Killing: Family Of Woman Killed In Airbnb Identifies Her

• The family of a woman who was brutally killed has positively identified her at Nairobi City Mortuary
• They were so heartbroken to speak about the painful revelation, saying they would wait for the police to complete their investigations
• According to police officers, they have obtained a clearer image of the suspect, who was still at large

Michael Ollinga is a journalist at TUKO.co.ke with over 10 years of experience covering courts and crimes, special reports, and current affairs in Kenya.

On Sunday, January 14, Kenyans woke up to shocking news of what could be among Kenya's most brutal killings in a long time.

Roysambu Airbnb killing

A woman, in the company of a man who had booked into a rented apartment casually referred to as Airbnb along TRM Drive in the Roysambu area, had been killed.

The incident came less than two weeks after another woman, Starlet Wahu, was killed at an Airbnb.

John Matara linked to Starlet Wahu's killing

John Matara is suspected to have brutally killed Wahu after the two checked into a rented apartment in the South B area.

Preliminary reports indicated that a man who had booked the room by paying and picking up the room's key from a shop a few metres from the exact location proceeded to occupy it in the company of a woman, who police and family say was 20 years old.

On Monday, January 15, the family of the woman whose body was found stuffed in trash bags positively identified her.

Family of woman killed in Roysambu Airbnb identifies her

The decapitated body had been taken to Nairobi's City Mortuary, where shocked family members identified it.

This was despite some missing body parts, and DNA tests will be used to make the final determination of whether she is their kin.

According to a report by Citizen TV, the family was too shocked to comment on the painful revelation of a relative killed in the most inhumane way one could have in the wickedest of their imaginations.

The family members said they could not comment and would wait for the police to complete their investigations.

DCI detectives get clearer image of suspect behind Roysambu killing

This came on a day when detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) spent over five hours around the crime scene to gather as much evidence as possible to arrest the suspect, who is still at large.

During this search, the detectives retrieved a clearer picture of the suspect, who was donning a cap and carrying a black bag.

The image was retrieved from the CCTV footage captured at the shop where the man paid for the room. The exact room that the man booked was in a building that did not have CCTV cameras.

Last moments of woman killed in Roysambu Airbnb

Sources who spoke to the press also disclosed that the deceased had intimated to her friend that she was going to have dinner with a friend in Roysambu on the fateful Saturday evening.

However, a day later, the deceased had neither communicated back nor returned, and her phone was switched off.

Chronology of Roysambu's Killing

On Sunday, January 14, a woman was found killed and her body stuffed in trash bags in a room that a man had booked on Saturday, January 13.

On Sunday, January 14, police were seen carrying the body of the woman from the room the man had booked.

Police spent a better part of Monday, January 15, combing the crime scene for evidence to help apprehend the suspect. They obtained CCTV and a clearer image of the main suspect.