Detectives hunt for 3 more suspects in Briton’s murder

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has called on members of the public to volunteer information that may lead to the arrest of three suspects linked to the murder of 58-year-old Briton, Campbell Scott.

Scott’s partially decomposed body was found on February 22, in Makongo Forest in Makueni county.

Scott had arrived in the country just days earlier to attend a business conference in Nairobi.

Following the heinous crime, the trio Benard Mbusu, Samuel Kamitu, and Alphonse Kilewa alias Edu are alleged to have fled and have since allegedly remained in hiding.

The public have been asked to call the toll-free hotline 0800 722 203 at any time to report anonymously, or report to any police station with information on the three. Albunus Mutinda and Alex Kithuka, the prime suspects in the murder, will remain in police custody for 21 days as the investigation continues.

Forensic evidence has conclusively linked the two suspects to the murder, leading to their arraignment.

Scott, a senior director at FICO, a data analytics company based in the US, jetted into the country on February 16, for a product launch by his company and was booked at JW Marriot Hotel in Westlands.

A day later, he was seen leaving the hotel and visited Havana Bar and Restaurant along Woodvale Grove in Westlands with an unidentified man.

That was the last time Scott was seen alive. Tragically, the Briton’s partly decomposing body was later found stuffed in a bag hidden in a shrub in the forest along the Machakos-Wote highway.

A herder who was tending to his goats stumbled upon the body. Preliminary investigations revealed that Scott was picked by an Uber driver who took him to Mutinda’s house in Pipeline, Nairobi.

The probe has so far shown Scott died in the house in Pipeline - through actions the suspects took or influenced.

Moreover, investigators uncovered multiple successful and unsuccessful attempts to withdraw funds from Scott’s bank accounts in Nairobi, Voi and Mombasa before his murder and the subsequent disposal of his body in the forest.

This was after the suspects withdrew up to Sh2 million from his accounts using his credit cards.

During the court proceedings before Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina, detectives requested the court to allow them hold the suspects for 21 days, owing to the seriousness of the matter and that releasing them would jeopardise the investigations, a request that was granted.

The matter is scheduled for mention on March 24.