Sign up now. News: Crime. A suspected serial killer has escaped from police custody in Nairobi, Kenya. Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, accused of murdering 42 women, escapes from a police station with 12 others. Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, was arrested in July after dismembered remains were discovered in a quarry in a Nairobi slum. [Image: Simon Maina/AFP] Published: August 20, 2024. A manhunt is underway in Kenya following the escape from a Nairobi police cell of a guy who police say confessed to murdering 42 women after their mutilated bodies were discovered in a quarry. Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, dubbed by police as a “vampire, a psychopath” upon his detention on July 15, broke out on Tuesday.

The police station is in Nairobi’s upscale Gigiri district, which also houses the United Nations regional headquarters and other embassies. According to Gilbert Masengeli, the acting police inspector general, disciplinary action was initiated against eight officers on duty after early investigations “indicate that the escape was aided by insiders”. Khalusha appeared in court in Kenya’s capital on Friday, and the magistrate ordered him to be held for an additional 30 days to allow police to complete their investigations.

On Friday, he appeared in court in Kenya’s capital, where a magistrate ordered him kept for an additional 30 days to allow police to conclude their investigations. Play video.

We’re dealing with a serial killer, a psychopathic serial killer who has no regard for human life, no respect for decency,” Amin remarked at the time. However, the suspect’s lawyer, John Maina Ndegwa, claimed in court that Khalusha was “tortured” into giving the confession. Prosecutors refuted the claims. Last month, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) reported that ten slaughtered female remains trussed up in plastic bags were discovered in the dumpsite of an abandoned quarry in the Nairobi slum of Mukuru. The area is only 100 metres from the police station. This shone a light on Kenya’s police force, which was under fire following a harsh crackdown on antigovernment protests, with rights groups accusing officers of employing excessive force.

The site is around 100 metres from a police station. This shone a light on Kenya’s police force, which was under fire following a harsh crackdown on antigovernment protests, with rights groups accusing officers of employing excessive force. The state-funded KNCHR announced in July that it was conducting its own inquiry into the Mukuru case because “there is a need to rule out any possibility of extrajudicial killings”.

Kenya’s Independent Police Oversight Authority had also stated that it was investigating whether there was any police participation or a “failure to act to prevent” the deaths. Mukuru Quarry