How Minor From Kisii Lured For a Job Ended Up Dead In Nairobi
Murdered boy identified as Beckham Sylvester Atika: Photo Courtesy
Police in Kayole, Nairobi County, have arrested a man who allegedly murdered a minor identified as Beckham Sylvester Atika in Utawala.
Mr Michael Joseph was on Friday ordered by the police to avail himself at the station after it emerged that he was living with the minor after he disappeared from their home in Kitutu Chache South, Kisii County.
According to the minor uncle Mr Elvis Origa all was going on well until November 2021, when the minor aged 16 years old disappeared from the home where he lived with his mother.
“He then decided to go and live with his sister, he had committed a mistake and must have acted out of fear that he would be disciplined hence the reason he went into hiding,” said Mr Origa.
Origa said that Beckham Sylvester Atika was staying with his sister until he met Mr Joseph who told him that he was in a position to get him a job within the city.
It was until 1st January when Mr Origa was informed by his sister, who resides in Daraja Mbili, Kisii County that he had passed away.
“My sister called me and informed me that my nephew had been murdered and that is how I started searching for the truth,” Mr Origa said.
Attempted to reach out to the suspect,Mr Joseph was unsuccessful since he kept on dodging him until Friday last week when he was asked to appear before the Kayole police station.
He is expected to appear in court over the murder of the teen. Detectives consider him the main suspect in the case.
A postmortem conducted on the deceased’s body clearly shows that he was strangled to death.
The minor’s body has since been removed from Mama Lucy Hospital morgue and taken to the Kenyatta University morgue.
Plans are currently underway to have the body taken to home for burial
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