Suspect in Boston femicide case escapes from police custody in Kenya
Al Jazeera
Suspect jailed, awaiting ruling on US extradition request after being accused of killing girlfriend in Massachusetts.
A Kenyan national awaiting extradition to the United States after being accused of killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a car at a Boston airport has escaped from police custody in Kenya, police say.
Kevin Kangethe, 40, slipped out of the police station and jumped into a privately owned minivan, Nairobi police chief Adamson Bungei said on Thursday. A search for him began immediately.
Four police officers who were on duty at the station are in custody and have recorded statements, according to a police report seen by The Associated Press.
The officers said that about 4pm (13:00 GMT) on Wednesday, a man named John Maina Ndegwa introduced himself to the officers as Kangethe’s lawyer and said he wanted to speak with his client.
“The officers agreed to his request and removed the prisoner from the cells and took him to [an] office … leaving them there. After a short while the prisoner escaped by running away and left the [lawyer] behind,” the report said.
