Detectives have seized a motor vehicle believed to have been used in the kidnapping and subsequent murder of three family members in Nairobi.

The team is speaking to the owner of the car as part of the investigation into the legend.

The women had gone missing before their bodies were found with wounds on their hands, necks and backs in Parklands, Bahati and Chumvi in ​​Machakos County.

Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja said the case was among those under serious investigation.

Comparative said Analysis of homicide cases reported from August to October for 2022 2024 indicates a slight increase.

There were a total of 339 murder cases in 2024. Cases recorded so far compared to 336 cases in 2023 and 341 cases in 2022 respectively, said Kanja.

Police in murder saga, saloon car It was seized at Ukulima Market in Kamukunji, Nairobi.

The team handling the case said that they interrogated a woman who claimed that she was also kidnapped by the murderers of the three murdered women.

He claims that he, along with the three victims, was kidnapped and kept in the same room where they were locked for hours.

According to the woman, the kidnappers demanded a ransom to release them and her family managed to collect Sh1 million, which was deposited into a bank account in Ethiopia.

His testimony is one of the critical clues being investigated into the mysterious murders.

Police are investigating whether he was an accomplice or a victim.

Investigators also analyzed the victims’ mobile phones, revealing that on the night of the abduction the phones were tracked for a while in Eastleigh, then moved to Hombe Road, General Waruinge, and a phone was switched off near Pangani.

After the murder of three people, the suspect is suspected of dumping their bodies in different places.

Nuseiba Abdi’s body was dumped in Bahati, and Amina Abdirashid’s body was dumped in Parklands.

After leaving Parklands, the suspect reportedly grabbed another woman along City Road before heading to South C, where he left Warris Daud’s severed hands.

The suspect then traveled to Kyumbi, Machakos County, where Warris Daud’s body was abandoned.

Police are analyzing CCTV footage and payment details of a petrol station where the suspect refueled the vehicle during this journey.

A team of detectives is investigating the murder and said they are following up on good leads in the murder.

It was revealed that Warris Daud’s wife was living with a second wife in England.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, a number of traders in Eastleigh protested the killing of Somali women, closing their shops as a sign of mourning and demanding justice for the victims.

They were addressed by Nairobi senator Edwin Sifuna and Kamkunji MP Yusuf Hassan, among others.

An autopsy will be performed on the three bodies on Friday and they will then be buried at Lang’ata Cemetery.

On Thursday, detectives revisited two crime scenes – Parklands and Kyumbi in Machakos County – to reconstruct the events leading up to the murders.

The reason behind the murder has not been disclosed yet.