Two tertiary level students who went missing on October 27, 2023 after being lured to their kidnappers’ den by a female suspect have been rescued; they had been locked up at a guest house at Elgon View apartments in Kitengela, Kajiado County.
According to DCI the suspects, Brian Ombasa Omoso, 25 and Humphrey Hinga, 22 who are in police cells s are believed to have been working jointly with the female dangerous damsel on the loose to identify and lure targeted victims.
In a statement recorded at Kiambu Police Station on Oct 29, the lady who identified herself to the victims as Debbie Zablon separately lured the duo for a meet-up at a common venue in Nairobi where surrendered the 21-year-olds to her accomplices.
Two male suspects who held them hostage while demanding for Ksh 6 million ransoms from their parents have also been arrested in the operation led by DCI’s Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau detectives.
Taking up the matter, the crime researchers reasoned with the distressed parents while subjecting all possible leads to forensic analysis. In their findings, it emerged that the female accomplice had used a stolen ID card to register the line which she used to communicate with the male students.
An imitation of a pistol, a dagger, subscriber sim cards used to contact the parents, fake front and rear car registration plates (KDD 881M) believed to have been used during their transportation and assorted tools were also recovered from the hostage room.
Meanwhile, manhunt for the female miscreant who tucked away is underway.
By Obegi Malack
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