I know Joseph Irungu has already been tried, found guilty and sentenced in the court of public opinion for the heinous murder of Monica Kimani.
Monica’s mutilated body was found in a bathtub at her apartment along Denis Pritt road in Kilimani on 20th September. Police say her throat had been slit. Her family said that she had been raped before being murdered.
Whichever way you look at the case, it is a serious crime and I want Monica’s family to find justice for their daughter who was killed a few days before celebrating her 29th birthday. The only justice they can get is for the killers to be brought to book.
Police are holding Jowi and Tv journalist Jacque Maribe, who is Jowi’s girlfriend as the main suspect. Detectives say DNA evidence, CCTV footage and fingerprints place Jowi at the scene of the murder.
But Jowi’s father has refuted the DNA claims. According to the father, by the time the reports were made in local dailies, investigators had not even extracted any sample from his son.
“I was shocked to see the report in the papers that DNA samples were showing 99.9 per cent confirmation. I am hoping they can track everything and do thorough investigations. We are wondering how they arrived at that,” he said during an interview on NTV.
The father, who sought to clarify reports in the media, said he was not happy with the manner the investigations were being conducted, adding that the family plans to hire its own doctor to conduct parallel DNA analysis and blood tests on Mr Irungu so that the “case is not one-sided”.
“Shedding of blood is bad; we are not siding with anyone; but I believe my son is innocent,” said the father who lives in Nakuru.
So is Jowi being framed?