Naftali Kinuthia has narrated to police on circumstances that led to his anger that saw him hack university girl Ivy Wangeci to death.
Kinuthia spoke to Eldoret East DCI boss, Ali Kingi. Kingi has disclosed some of the details.
“The accused said he used to send the woman some money. The girl, according to the suspect, had told him that she was organising her birthday party, which would happen soon.
"He said he sent her some money to arrange the event. Since then, the woman refused to pick his calls, said the suspect. That is what prompted him to travel [from Thika] to Eldoret. He said he wanted to know why she was ignoring him,” the police boss told eDaily.
Kingi says that “when he [Kinuthia] arrived in Eldoret [Monday], the woman continued to decline to pick his calls. He said it got to a point where she switched off her phone. According to him, that angered him prompting him to look for an axe and kill the girl.”
Kinuthia has also poured his heart out on how his love had turned into a tormentor which left his ego badly bruised.
“He said it wasn’t his first time coming to Eldoret, and that he used to visit her often in the past. He said he visited her last Friday, and their meeting was brief. According to him, the girl told him that she was going to her residential place to take off her professional attire. She told him she would be back. However, upon reaching her residential place, the woman switched off her phone, effectively blocking her planned meeting with him,” eDaily quotes the police boss further.
Police have also revealed that Kinuthia bought the axe and knife in Eldoret before returning to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital to waylay the deceased.
"He said that also provoked him into returning to Eldoret [on Monday] to try to speak with the woman. Upon returning to Eldoret, the man said he felt despised by the woman when she refused to pick his calls. From our sources, the suspect bought the axe and knife in Eldoret. They were sharpened in Eldoret. We’re yet to interrogate him further. Once he is stable, he will be taken to court,”