Nairobi, Kenya CNN —A man accused of murdering his girlfriend in Boston before fleeing to Kenya has been re-arrested following his escape from a police station in Nairobi nearly a week ago, police said.
Kevin Kinyanjui Kang’ethe, 42, was arrested on Tuesday at a relative’s house in Ngong, a suburb of the Kenyan capital, after a tip-off, Nairobi police chief Adamson Bungei told CNN.
US investigators say he boarded a plane to Kenya shortly after killing his girlfriend on November 1, 2023.
Officers released Kang’ethe from his cell and left them alone in an office, from which he then ran off.
Following an application for extradition from the US, Kenyan authorities began the formal process to send him back to Boston to face murder charges.
Persons:
Kenya CNN —, Kevin Kinyanjui Kang’ethe, Adamson Bungei, ” Bungei, Margaret “ Maggie ”, Bungei, ”, Kang’ethe
Organizations:
Kenya CNN, Kenyan, CNN, Boston Logan International Airport, US
Locations:
Nairobi, Kenya, Boston, Ngong, United States