15-Year-Old Girl Confesses to Killing Her Three Siblings and a Cousin in Kiambu

Detectives in Kiambu County are investigating an incident where a 15-year-old girl allegedly killed her three siblings and a cousin.

The Form One student confessed to committing the crime within the past one year, according to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

“In a confession by the minor at Kikuyu Police station, the suspect confessed to detectives how she murdered her kin aged 15 months, 5 years and 7 years between February and July 2021,” DCI says in a report.

The suspect also confessed that she murdered her 20-month-old cousin at Gathiga village in Kabete sub-county by drowning him in a well in their compound sometime last month. 

On Saturday, the father of the teenager filed a report at Kikuyu police station accusing his daughter of killing his three children. 

“The juvenile admitted to having committed the murders, before Kikuyu sub-county children’s officer. She is currently in custody at Kikuyu Police station as detectives process her for arraignment,” DCI adds.