More arrests loom as probe into Syombua, children's killings intensify
A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer Major Peter Mwaura, suspected of killing his estranged wife Joyce Syombua and two children, is led away by military police and detectives after he was arrested.
Police have placed in custody and questioned two more people believed to have been involved in the murder and cover up.
A taxi operator is said to have told police in his statement that Major Mwaura sent him to purchase three gunny bags around the time the family disappeared.
Police reports also suggest that a casual worker at the military base identified as Collins Pamba has also been placed in custody in connection with the killings.
More arrests are expected following the killing of the estranged wife of a soldier and her two children as homicide detectives and forensic experts from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation headquarters pitched camp on Sunday at the Laikipia Airbase in Nanyuki.
Following discovery of the bodies at a public cemetery on Saturday evening, detectives are now pursuing leads that the main suspect, Major Peter Mwaura, had accomplices in the killings.
