Facebook date turns fatal

Mr Richard Nyakina, a suspect linked to the murder of a 26-year-old woman whom she met on facebook is been held in police custody.

According to police, Mr Nyakina said he hit Ms Nyaboke on the head, suffocated her and used her clothes to strangle her.

“We arrested him in Gucha, Kisii, and he confessed to have killed the lady,” Head of Special Crimes Prevention Unit Noah Katumo said.

The two, according to Ms Nyakoke’s brother Japhet Mogeni, met on Facebook some time back and decided to meet face-to-face on July 23 in Nairobi.

“They kept communicating for some time before they decided to meet, after their meeting on July 23, Ms Nyaboke’s phone went off.” Mr Mogeni said.

The Special Crime Prevention Unit who arrested Mr Nyakina said that he revealed the scene where he allegedly “murdered” Ms Lydia Nyaboke at Mutuini in Dagoretti.

After her phone went off, Ms Nyaboke’s family searched for her in vain and they decided to report at Pangani and later on Ngong police stations that she was missing.

Detectives traced her phone to Kisii town. The man who had the phone said he had bought it from Richard and luckily enough, he had his number and knew someone who knew him.

On Friday last week, Ms Nyaboke’s family identified her body. A post-mortem done on it on Monday, showed that she was strangled.