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Human society has always had psychopaths, and Africa has been no exception to the seeming rise of serial murders. Some remain unsolved, their perpetrators walking among an unsuspecting population.

In August 1980, Kenya arrested a US sailor for murder. He had killed a lady of the night called Monica Njeri in a drunken brawl. Even though he confessed to the murder in court, he was let off with a fine and a bond to keep the peace. 32 years later, he killed three more women.

On the morning of Valentines Day 2012, Careen Chepchumba’s brother accessed her apartment at Santonia Court, off Kirichwa Road. She had been incommunicado since February 12th. In the bedroom, he saw her in bed, tidily covered with a bed sheet. There was music playing from a laptop placed on the bedside table. Nothing looked amiss. Except that Careen had been dead for 18 hours.

How an otherwise water-tight case crumbled.

At quarter to 1 on 7th October 1952, Senior Chief Waruhiu Kung’u was shot and killed. This is the story of the two men who hanged for it, and why this murder is still unsolved.