- Joan Nzomo was found dead outside an Airbnb apartment in Thome estate, Nairobi, moments after she checked in with a man
- Identified as Lawrence Gitonga, the two were captured in the building’s CCTV walking into the apartment at 3.00am
- Gitonga was later traced to Uhai Neema Hospital, where he had gone to seek treatment for stab wounds
Amos Khaemba, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.
Nairobi – Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are still trying to unravel the mysterious death of a 19-year-old woman in Kasarani.
Source: UGC
On the morning of Saturday, March 2, Joan Nzomo checked into an Airbnb at Thome estate before her lifeless body was discovered a few hours later.
Citizen TV reported that Joan died after being pushed from the 10th floor of White House apartment.
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A man identified as Lawrence Gitonga was traced to Uhai Neema Hospital, where he had gone to seek treatment for sustaining stab wounds.
What happened before Joan Nzomo’s murder
Clear CCTV footage at the building has shed light on the last moments when the two checked into the apartment at 3am moments before the lady was found dead.
The two supposed lovers are seen walking side by side in the footage as they alighted from the lift on the 10th floor.
In the footage, Gitonga is seen leaving the lift on the 10th floor while holding the hand of the 19-year-old girl dressed in a red t-shirt.
At some moment, Gitonga is seen heading in the wrong direction before turning back and heading straight to the short-stay apartment.
Gitonga, who was visibly drunk, managed to pick up the key and open the door; all this time, the girl was waiting outside.
When he opened the girl entered first before he followed and that was the last time the girl was seen alive as hours later her lifeless body was found outside
He goes for the house keys and comes back to open. This whole time, the girl is waiting outside the door.
Gitonga manages to open the door, and the girl is seen entering the house first before he follows.
This is the last time the girl was seen alive as hours later, her lifeless body was found outside the apartment, and this time she only had a red T-shirt.
When detectives accessed the house, they found blood splattered everywhere in the sitting room and the toilet, but the bedroom was neat.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
