Maribe’s car dusted for prints, emotional requiem mass held for Monica Kimani- Photos

George Kimani views the body of his daughter.

Emotions ran high as family and friends gathered for the requiem mass for Monica Kimani on Thursday.

Monica’s gutted parents had to be supported as they viewed her body in a white, casket with gold-coloured edges.

All they hoped for was justice for their slain daughter. “Justice for Monica Kimani…The Vengeance Belongs to the Lord,” a poster read.

A poster at the requiem mass for Monica Kimani.

The body of the 28-year-old woman was found in a bathtub in her house in Lamuria Apartments, Kilimani, Nairobi, on Thursday, September 20 by her brother George Kimani. Her throat had been slit.

TV journalist Jacque Maribe’s fiancé, Joseph Kuria Irungu, is in police custody in connection with the death. He has been remanded for 10 days.

Lamuria Apartments in Kilimani, Nairobi, where Monica was found dead.

Police on Thursday dusted TV journalist Jacque Maribe’s car, Toyota Allion which they have detained as they continue with investigations.

 The exercise took place at the Kilimani Police Station as investigators sought to bring Monica's killers to book.

Police say the car Mr Irungu was driving when he was spotted at Limuria Apartments before Monica’s body was discovered is registered in Maribe’s name.

Jacque Maribe's car is dusted for fingerprints.

According to police, Irungu was also driving the same car at about 1.30am on September 21, when he claimed to have been shot and wounded in the chest by a gunman who, Irungu said, escaped on a motorbike outside their house.

Dusting Jacque Maribe's Allion for fingerprints to ascertain who has been using it of late.

On the night of September 20, Irungu had told police he had picked Maribe from a club in Kilimani and driven to their house in Royal Park estate, Langata.

Homicide detectives now want Maribe to record a statement to clarify a number of issues that have emerged during their probe.