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How GSU officer killed lover and five-month-old child

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Being a police officer, Edwin Mwenda should have known better that no murder is perfect; there is always a trail of evidence, however minute.

The 30-year-old was found guilty of murdering his lover and her five-month-old baby before concealing evidence at Njarange village in Mbeere North, Embu County. Mwenda brutally killed Pauline Kagendo and her child Johnstone Murithi on June 10, 2017 and moved on with his life, convinced that his cover will never be blown.

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