Detectives in Kenya have arrested a local DJ who has been on the run after he defied summons by police to record a statement in relation to his wife’s death.
Michael Macharia Njiiri, alias DJ Brown Skin, was arrested on Thursday night by sleuths based at Kasarani police station, outskirts of Nairobi, after escaping the officers’ dragnet for weeks.
The DJ had been summoned by detectives to shed more light on the death of his wife, Sharon Njeri, 33, who ingested poison as he recorded on a device on the night of July 29 and 30, 2022.
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In a heart-wrenching videotape released by a famous blogger on April 1, 9 months after Njeri’s remains had been buried, her last moments were filmed by the DJ as she emptied a poisonous substance into a cup and ingested it without hesitation.
She then slumped on a couch and called her two children to inform them of her impending death. The mother of two collapsed and died shortly thereafter. She was buried at her parents’ home in Koimbe Weithaga village, Murang’a County, Central part of the country, on August 6 last year.
Detectives have since established that after recording the ordeal, the suspect sent the video to his other girlfriend living abroad before the girlfriend went public with the information through the blogger.
“Efforts to summon the suspect to shed more light into the incident proved futile, as he remained elusive prompting detectives to launch a manhunt leading to his arrest on Madaraka Day, moments past midnight,” said the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
The suspect is currently being held at Kasarani police as detectives gather more information from witnesses to build a strong case against the suspect.
He will be charged with the offence of aiding suicide and failing to prevent the same contrary to Section 225 (C) of the Penal Code.
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