STORY: A suspected serial killer has been arrested, Kenyan police said on Monday (July 15), following the discovery of several bodies at a quarry in Nairobi.
Collins Jumaisi had confessed to killing 42 women, including his wife, and dumping their remains at the quarry, police said.
The 33-year-old was said to live near the quarry in the Mukuru neighborhood and was arrested early on Monday.
Amin Mohamed, the head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, said the alleged murders stretch back to 2022, starting with Jumaisi's wife, with the most recent on July 11.
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"It is crystallizing that we are dealing with a serial killer, a psychopathic serial killer who has no respect for human life."
Police said items found at Jumaisi's home included mobile phones, identity cards, a machete they believed was used to dismember the victims, industrial rubber gloves, rolls of sellotape and a dozen nylon sacks similar to those in which the victims were found.
Nine bodies have been recovered so far from the quarry, police said.
Many local residents had been angered by rumors that the bodies, which were discovered on Friday (July 12), were linked to alleged abductions of young protesters by security forces in recent street demonstrations.
A government spokesperson shared a police statement on social media on Friday saying that authorities were analyzing samples to identify the deceased and that investigations were under way.
