The vehicle used in Sniper’s Homicide Recovered at Kithoka, Meru

From X/@DCI_Kenya

The DCI Homicide detectives yesterday recovered the vehicle that was used to abduct the late Daniel Muthiani Benard alias Sniper and later dispose of his body at Mutonga River in the Chiakariga area of Tharaka Nithi on December 2, 2023. The identification and subsequent recovery of the vehicle, a silver Toyota Premio registration number KCR 742N, followed a thorough forensic analysis of crucial leads, which pointed to a residential place in the Canopy area of Kithoka, Meru County.

In the latest establishments, the investigating team has identified Vincent Mureithi Kirimi alias Supuu as the driver who hired the vehicle on the date of the abduction and gruesome murder of Sniper, ferrying three other occupants, including Brian Mwenda, Christus Manyara Kiambi and Boniface Kithinji Njihia alias DJ Kaboom. Further investigations are ongoing, with the Homicide team working expeditiously on the case.