A suspect in the murder of British national Campbell Scott was released after agreeing to become a state witness.
Albanus Mutinda Nzioka, who had been in custody since March 3, 2025, will assist police in tracking down two other suspects still at large, a court was told.
Appearing before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina, state prosecutor Joyce Olajo confirmed that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had withdrawn charges against Nzioka.
Meanwhile, Alex Mutua Kithuka will be arraigned before the High Court in Makadara on March 26, 2025, to answer to murder charges.
Scott, who arrived in Kenya on February 15, 2025, disappeared the following day.
His body was discovered on February 21, 2025, at Makongo Forest in Makueni County.
Investigations indicate he was last seen in Westlands before being taken to Pipeline Estate, where he is believed to have died.
Those with him then tied him and stuffed his body in a sack that had pineapples.
They later transported the body to Makueni where the body was discovered.
Detectives are also pursuing leads on successful attempts to withdraw money from his accounts.
A key suspect in the murder was found unresponsive with stab wounds in a house in Dandora, Nairobi.
Samuel Musembi Kamitu was wanted over the murder of the Briton.
He died at the Kenyatta National Hospital where he was rushed after he was found with a self inflicted stab wound in the neck.
Musembi is said to have driven the vehicle that ferried 58-year-old Scott’s body from Pipeline in Nairobi to Makongo Forest in Makueni county.
He had been hiding at a friend’s house in Dandora, Nairobi.
Police said Musembi had sought a temporary accommodation in a friend’s house in Dandora, whom he allegedly told that he wanted to have some rest far away from his residence over unknown reasons.
The friend told the family that he left the house to his work place, leaving behind Musembi in his house resting.
When he came back in the evening, the friend is said to have found the door locked from inside, forcing him to break the door to gain entry.
It was then that he found Musembi lying on the bed with foam emitting from the mouth and nose and blood oozing from his neck.
He had a stab wound.
The friend, after notifying family members and neighbours and they rushed Musembi to Mama Lucy hospital, where they were turned away on grounds that the case was serious.
He was rushed to Kenyatta National Hospital on Tuesday March 11 night where he died the following morning at the casualty while being attended to.
Preliminary investigations indicate that Musembi had first taken some poisonous substance for suicide, but when it was not working, he stabbed himself on the neck and some parts of his body.
DCI were finalising plans to have Musembi’s DNA and fingerprints taken as a search for the man who had housed him intensified.
Police said Musembi first attempted to commit suicide by ingesting poison and was rushed to a local hospital where he was recuperating.
He was discharged before he stabbed himself several times and was rushed to KNH where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The host is yet to be found.
The DCI had on March 7 called upon members of the public to volunteer information that may lead to the arrest of Musembi and two other suspects identified as Benard Mbunga Mbusu and Alphonse Munyao Kilewa alias Edu
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