A forensic investigator into the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani yesterday told court she found a bullet in murder suspect Jacqueline Maribe’s bedroom.
Jennifer Jepkosgei, however, said she could not connect the evidence she collected from Monica’s house in Lamuria Gardens, Nairobi, and that recovered from the journalist’s house in Lang’ata.
Maribe and her fiancé Joseph Irungu alias Jowie are being tried for murder.
Asked by defence lawyer Katwa Kigen if any of the weapons she found in Lang’ata were used to kill Monica, the investigator said she could not establish any link with the murder weapon since Monica was killed using a sharp object and not a gun.
“I cannot say what actually caused the death, but going by the injuries on her neck, I suspect that her throat was slit using a sharp object. I did not see any bullet wound on her body and I wasn’t able to recover any sharp object in the suspects’ house,” said Jepkosgei.
She produced photographs of the two houses. The investigator also produced photos of a site Mr Irungu is said to have burnt his clothes at, in what police said was an attempt to destroy evidence.
Jacque Maribe and Joseph Irungu [Photo: Collins Kweyu]
“I was sure that the debris of the burnt clothes belonged to the suspect because the site was directly opposite their gate,” said Jepkosgei.
