Louis Otieno dropped as the main suspect in the murder of Careen Chepchumba
Former KTN anchor Louis Otieno has been vindicated by the police after close to five years. Authorities have no clue who murdered Careen Chepchumba.
Careen Chepchumba was found dead in her Kilimani apartment on 14th February 2012. Autopsy results showed that she had been strangled.
Police treated Louis Otieno as the main suspect in the murder of Careen as all preliminary evidence showed he had something to do with her death.
Chepchumba’s murder case took a new twist yesterday as police absolved Louis Otieno of murder. The former KTN anchor was cleared of any wrongdoings after police established that the evidence they had gathered couldn’t link him to the death of Careen.
Senior Sergeant Maobe told the inquest into the murder of Careen that they (the police) forwarded the file to the Director of Public Prosecutions because they did not link Louis Otieno to the February 14th 2012 murder.
Ann Wangechi Nderitu from the Government Chemist also told the inquest that forensic report revealed that the nail clippings purported to be from Otieno were actually from Careen, and blood samples from her bed did not match those from Louis’.
Sergeant Maobe told the inquest that even though the postmortem report indicated that Careen was strangled to death, the police didn’t get evidence that could nail a suspect.
Louis is not off the hook just yet, the inquest will resume on January 24th to determine the way forward.
