Technology helped crime busters trace baby Consolata Wambui who had been stolen in Mombasa.
The baby was recovered in a sleepy village called Sasimwa in Molo.
Investigators said preliminary investigations show the baby was stolen and sold for Sh80, 000.
Interestingly, police said ‘there are higher chances the baby was sold by her mother’. The young mum’s phone conversations with two women were tapped revealing the shocking revelations.
The two women, Margret Wairimu, 35, and Susan Nyambura were then traced with GPRS to the sleepy village.They were arrested and taken to Molo police station.
The news of the baby was a relief to many social media users who had been ‘feeling the pain’ for the parents.
Molo residents were shocked that the baby had been brought all the way to their ‘home’.
“How can they steal a baby and bring it all the way to our good town?” Joshua Kairu posted.
Police said the three suspects will be arraigned in court.“
Two suspects, Margaret Wairimu who was posing as the mother of the baby and Susan Nyambura, 54, as the grandmother are now in police custody and will be arraigned in court on Monday together with Joyce,” police said.
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