Students Kidnapped and Locked Up at an Airbnb in Kitengela Rescued

Two students went missing on October 27, after being kidnapped and locked up in an Airbnb at Elgon View apartments in Kitengela, Machakos County.

In a statement on Thursday, November 2, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), stated that the victims were students from tertiary levels of education. 

Further, the sleuths revealed that the victims were lured by a female suspect who then handed them over to two male suspects.

These men demanded Ksh6 million as ransom from the parents of their victims. Notably, DCI indicated that the two male suspects, aged 25 and 22, were arrested. 

“Two male suspects who held them hostage while demanding for Ksh6 million ransom from their parents have been arrested in the operation led by DCI’s Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau detectives.

“They have since been ushered into our cells and are believed to have been working jointly with the female dangerous damsel on the loose to identify and lure targeted victims, in their no-sweat approach to soft life,” read the statement.

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DCI Narrates How the Students Were Lured

According to the DCI, a lady convinced the students to meet up with her on separate occasions at a common venue in Nairobi.

Subsequently, the two 21-year-olds showed up for the meeting and were handed over to two gentlemen.

“Reported at Kiambu Police Station on October 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,” added the statement.

The case was then reported to Kiambu Police Station by the troubled parents and immediately taken up by the DCI officers.

“Taking up the matter, the crime researchers reasoned with the distressed parents while subjecting all possible leads to forensic analysis.

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“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,” DCI narrated. 

Crime Scene

Additionally, DCI stated that they recovered several weapons from the crime scene including a pistol, sim cards and number plates. 

“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, the sleuths have launched a manhunt for the female suspect who managed to escape.