Police have finally had a break through in the investigations of the brutal murder of kiru High School Principal.
Solomon Mwangi is alleged to have been murdered by his wife who is also a school principal.
One of the killers, who has turned state witness gave chilling details about the brutal execution in court.
Julias Kariuki alias karis has now turned state witness and decided to spill everything.
Karis told High Court Judge Joel Ngugi that he was introduced to Ms Muthoni by another suspect identified as Gikuyu.
When the three met, the wife of the deceased informed them that he needed her husband killed.
She promised to pay them a tidy sum of Sh400,000 with an initial downpayment of Sh100,000.
The woman added that she had a plan to drug her husband while the two men would assist in the killing.
On the 6th of November, Karis told the court that he and Gikuyu were called by Ms Muthoni who arranged a quick meeting at Ndarugo motel along the Thika Superhighway.
They went to the venue and were later joined by the principal’s wife, who had driven with her unconscious husband.
He narrated that the deceased man’s wife drove to a nearby forest where they tied her husband with a sisal rope around his neck before hanging him on a tree.
They hanged him as the wife happily watched.
Police have now confirmed Karis’ story as phone record place jane Muthoni in the murder scene.
Inspector Mwangi said phone call data analyses corroborated Mr Kariuki’s testimony that four people were involved in the killing.
Mr Kariuki turned State-witness after admitting his role in the crime.
One of the suspects believed to be the mastermind of the brutal murder is still at large.