11-day nightmare ends as bodies of Kiambu missing boys found in Ruiru farm

KIAMBU COUNTY: The 11-day ordeal of a Kiambu family struck by tragedy ended with the gruesome discovery of the decapitated bodies of the two missing boys Wednesday.

The decomposing bodies of Allen, nine, and eight-year-old Ryan which had been beheaded, were dumped inside Tatu City farm in Ruiru.

The bodies were three metres apart and the severed heads were in separate locations.

The badly mutilated body of their sister, five-year-old Tiffany, had been found on December 1 in a coffee plantation in Ruiru with a deep cut on the neck.

It marked the end of a harrowing search for the missing children since the bodies of their parents Paul Magu, 35, and 30-year-old Lydia Wangui had been discovered earlier.

Magu, a lawyer, is alleged to have murdered his family after getting entangled in an occult.

He was a staunch follower of controversial Nigerian church. Magu's passport showed he had travelled to Nigeria more than 20 times since 2009 to attend the church services.

On November 23, his wife, Lydia, allegedly went missing and was later found murdered and her body dumped in a thicket near Paradise Lost on Kiambu Road. Some of her body parts were partially burned.

The following day, Magu reportedly left his residence at about 10am in a family car, registration number KAT 177M, and in the company of his three children.

RURAL HOME

He allegedly returned home without the three children and later left for his rural home in Kiganjo in Thika.

According to his brother Andrew Kamau, Magu arrived at their home in Thika at about 2pm and held a brief talk with the parents before he excused himself and walked away.

He returned about five hours later while wet, claiming he had been attacked by thugs and robbed of his mobile phone near a pond near his father's homestead.

The mobile phone was, however, found near the pond and police say they want to know who he had talked to before he died.

The following day, he was involved in a fatal accident at Ngoliba on the Thika-Garissa highway in what is suspected to have been a suicide crash.

A driver reported that he jumped on the path of the bus. The deceased's car was found besides the road with the engine still running.

According to Josephine Wambui, a security guard at the farm, there was a stench emanating from a bush as they were going for normal patrols.

"We decided to find out where the stench was coming from and that is when we saw the decomposing bodies of the two children and alerted our seniors who in return called the police," said Wambui.

Family spokesman Andrew Kamau said a mass burial will be held on Tuesday next week at their rural home in Kiganjo, Thika.

"We are happy that the search has finally come to the end. It has been a long and torturous exercise but we thank God," Kamau said.

A suspect in the family deaths has since been arraigned before a Kiambu court.

The court on Tuesday granted a request by detectives to hold the suspect, Ann Wambui Nyoro, for two weeks as investigations continue.

MYSTERIOUS DEATHS

Homicide officer Maxwell Otieno told a Kiambu court they believe Ms Nyoro had important information that could help unearth the mysterious deaths.

Mr Otieno informed Kiambu Principal Magistrate Catherine Ochieng that even after the killing of Ms Wangui, the suspect remained with Mr Magu and they visited several places together.

"Ms Nyoro was a close family friend and was in constant communication with Mr Magu before and after the killings and killings, "Mr Otieno told the court.

Police had earlier visited their home in Muthaiga Pipeline estate and collected what they termed as samples that could help them investigate the incident. They discovered bloodstains in the couple's bedroom.

Magu's brother told police the deceased had stopped practicing law four years ago and ventured into theology.