Murder suspect rescued trying to commit suicide in his city house – Nairobi News

The main suspect in the murder of the slain prison warder Pauline Wangari stabbed himself several times as police were conducting a search in his Buruburu house on Friday.

Joseph Otieno Ochieng stabbed himself in the abdomen at his house in Maringo, Makadara constituency, police say.

Police had obtained a warrant to search the house.

Muranga County Commander Josephat Kinyua said detectives saved the suspect who is recuperating at a Buruburu hospital.

“He stabbed himself as detectives were busy searching his house in Nairobi,” he said.

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He added that Ms Wangari’s mobile phone and laptop were also found in his house- the items were reported missing from her house in Kiharu.

The 24-year-old prison warder in Murang’a was been found murdered with several stab wounds in her stomach, chest and head on Tuesday.

She was described by her colleagues as a beauty queen who loved going out whenever she was not on duty.

In court, Mr Ochieng had confessed that they had known each other for a while through Facebook.

He had visited her for the first time in Murang’a the day she was found murdered.

“After engaging in sex, they had a quarrel and the victim was furious with the man. She revealed to him that she was a police officer and the suspect became violent.

“He strangled and stabbed her three times then placed a knife in her hands to make it look like she had committed suicide,” a police source said.