'42 Murdered' Worst Serial Killer Escape Sparks 'Fear' Across Kenya

Kenya Police Pursuing Escaped Prisoners
Women Murdered and Abandoned Near Capital

The worst serial killer in Africa, who murdered more than 40 women in Kenya, has shocked the public by escaping custody after cutting through the prison bars.

According to reports from foreign media including the AP on the 20th (local time), serial murder suspect Collins Jumaisi Kalusha (33) was confirmed to have escaped from the detention facility that morning. Kalusha reportedly cut through the prison bars along with 12 other inmates arrested for illegal residency, then broke through the wall and fled.

Prime Suspect in Serial Murders Collins Jumaisi Kalusha
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Kalusha was previously captured by local Kenyan police on the 15th of last month. He was identified as the prime suspect in the murder of 10 people, including a woman found dead at a landfill site in the capital city Nairobi. Recently, the Kenyan court allowed the police an additional seven days of investigation before formally charging Kalusha, and accordingly, he was held in police custody.

During the police investigation, Kalusha confessed to killing 42 women, including his own wife, and disposing of their bodies, shocking Kenyan society. His crimes are reported to have been committed over a period of more than two years, from 2022 until the 11th of last month.

Kalusha was caught after using the phone number of one of the victims to conduct mobile cash transactions. At the time of the police raid, he was reportedly in the process of luring another victim.

Mohammed Amin, head of the Kenyan Police Criminal Investigation Department, stated, "The first victim was his wife, whom he killed and then mutilated and disposed of her body," and condemned Kalusha as "a psychopathic serial killer who does not respect human life."

However, his lawyer maintains that Kalusha was forced to confess under torture by the investigation authorities and insists on his innocence.

Meanwhile, the Kenyan police have disciplined eight related personnel, including officers working at the detention facility from which Kalusha escaped, and are tracking the inmates including Kalusha.

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