Three suspects in Shantel’s murder to undergo mental assessment before being arraigned

The three suspects implicated in the murder of 8-year-old Shantel Nzembi will be held at Kitengela police station to undergo mental assessment test before being arraigned at Machakos high court on June 24, 2021

Kajiado law court resident magistrate Edwin Mulochi has today ruled that the prime suspect Nativity Mutindi(27), Livingstone Makacha a Kitengela based bodaboda rider(27) and Patrick Mureithi (28) undergo mental accessment test before taking plea.

Mulochi directed that the four will instead be arraigned at Machakos high court.

So far detectives from. The director of criminal investigations (Dci) have concluded that Mutindi was holding Shantel at her house and she was positively identified to have kidnapped Shantel from an apartment at Kitengela where she was playing along other children.

Shantel went missing on 29 May 2021 before kidnappers began calling the same day demanding for a sh300, 000 ramson before her body was discovered at Orata area stashed in a gunny bag.

Makacha was arrested for being in possession of the mobile phone that kidnappers used to demand for a ramson and it is also believed he is the person who dumped Shantels body 200meters from a bodaboda stage he is based at Orata.

Despite claiming that he collected the phone from the scene when police collected Shantels body, he has failed to proof to detectives which other mobile phone he previously used.

Patrick Mureithi is a Kitengela based airtel agent who unlawfully registered the simcard that was used by kidnappers to demand for a ramson.

Detectives privy to the investigations say Mureithi registered the simcard well knowingly that the person who sort to register it was not the owner of the identity card she presented.

Francis Mbuthia (42) who was arrested at Kiserian after his identity card was used to register the simcard kidnappers used has since been released after it was established that he lost his identity card and had reported the matter at Ngong police station.

He has since re applied for another identity card which he is in possession.

Shantel was on 12th June buried at Mwale village, Mwala subcounty Machokos County.

In an emotional burial her mother Christine Ngina and her family remained upbeat that justice to their daughter will prevail saying so far they are satisfied with detectives investigations into the matter.

The three are being detained at Kitengela police station awaiting to be arraigned.