Months later, the body of Simon Kimani (inset) was found lying in a morgue with a medical report indicating he had been admitted to hospital a day after the encounter with the strangers.
What appeared to be an ordinary request for directions become the beginning of a mystery that ended with one man dead and the other haunted by a narrow escape.
A driver instructed a man, Ndonga, to sit in the front passenger seat while friend, Kimani, got into the back between two strangers.
Months later, kimani’s body was found lying in a morgue with a medical report indicating he had been admitted to hospital a day after the encounter with the strangers.
Medical records indicated that Kimani had been admitted with multiple cuts to his hands and back before later succumbing to his injuries.
On the night of March 18, 2026, Simon Kimani, 29, and his friend Michael Ndonga, 26, were chewing muguka at a roadside spot in Ndugamano village, Murang'a County, when a white Toyota Probox screeched to a halt beside them.
What appeared to be an ordinary request for directions would become the beginning of a mystery that ended with one man dead and the other haunted by a narrow escape.
