Kenyan held over discovery of dismembered bodies escapes

FILE - Collins Jumaisi Khalusha leaves court in Nairobi, Kenya, July 16, 2024. Khalusha, who police say confessed to killing 42 women, escaped Tuesday from a police station along 12 other inmates. FILE - People watch from the edge of a quarry where human remains were found in Mukuru Kwa Njenga area, in Nairobi, Kenya, July 13, 2024.

A suspect who police said confessed to killing 42 women and was being detained over the discovery of dismembered bodies in Kenya's capital has escaped from police custody, officials said Tuesday.