Serial killer: Police in Nyandarua North pursue crucial leads

Police have launched a manhunt for a serial killer who they say could be hiding in a ranch in Nyandarua North. They said the suspect could be behind the murder of three children killed in the last two months.

Yesterday Nyandarua North assistant county commissioner Teresiah Mburu said police were following up on crucial leads.  

"The evidence we have points to one person whom we are pursuing.There are stark similarities in these deaths indicating they could be the work of a serial killer," she noted.

The latest victim was an eight-year-old girl whose body was discovered in Ngamini village on Tuesday. Another murder had been reported in the same village two weeks earlier, preceding a similar report at Mbuyu village last November.  Mburu said the assailant could be hiding at the expansive Laikipia ADC Ranch.