A middled-aged woman was on Sunday, January 14, found dead in the Kasarani area, Nairobi, in what is suspected to be yet another case of Airbnb murder.
According to police in the area, the body of a middle-aged woman was discovered inside an Airbnb located around the Thika Road Mall area with some body parts chopped off and stuffed in a polyethene bag.
A team of detectives stationed at the Kasarani Police Station confirmed that investigations into the cause of the death had commenced with the major focus being on the CCTV cameras mounted in the area.
Meanwhile, the body of the deceased was still lying at the scene pending evacuation.
The case added to recent cases of homicide reported to have occurred inside Airbnbs amid growing security concerns.
Elsewhere in the Kasarani region, a body of a naked woman was on Saturday, January 13, discovered in a river around the Lucky Summer area.
As per a police report, the body of a middle-aged woman was found stashed in sack and with stab wounds on the neck which were apparently inflicted on the deceased before her death.
Nairobi Police Commandant Adamson Bungei confirmed the death noting that the body was transferred to the City Morturary pending more investigations.
At the time, the hands and legs of the woman were tied which initially concealed the body as a luggage.
According to the police, forensic investigations including post-mortem, and collection of fingerprints would take place to aid in the unearthing of the circumstances that led to the death.
The two incidents came barely a week after news about the murder of Starlet Wahu, a socialite, broke.
Airbnb Crime Cases Intensify
Wahu’s lifeless body was found in an Airbnb in Nairobi’s South B estate in what is believed to be a case of a date gone wrong.
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In a CCTV footage obtained from the apartment where Wahu spent her last hours, the deceased was seen entering the apartment in the company of a man named John Matara.
The two proceeded to take a lift to the building’s fourth floor where the heinous attack that claimed Wahu’s life is alleged to have taken place.
Puzzle of Starlet Wahu Murder
In a subsequent forensic search in the room where Wahu and Matara spent the night police discovered several items including a used HIV testing kit, used condoms and blood stains which were taken as exhibits in the case.
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Matara would later on be arrested at the Mbagathi Hospital and taken as a suspect in the case. Since his arrest, several other women have come out to accuse him of assault and robbery in what appeared to be well-calculated moves using the guise of love to trick his victims.
Cases of Airbnb related crimes have been on the rise raising safety concerns for the new trend of using the leased rooms for parties and pleasures.
In a statement on Starlet Wahu’s murder case, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) warned Kenyans against the rising felons where miscreants pose under the guise of rich lovers and promise heaven only to unleash hell on those who fall for their plot.
