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Thu Feb 8, 2024, 02:17 PM Feb 8

A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Massachusetts escapes from police custody in Kenya

Source: Associated Press

A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Massachusetts escapes from police custody in Kenya

BY TOM ODULA
Updated 12:53 AM EST, February 8, 2024

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A man awaiting extradition on a Massachusetts warrant alleging he killed his girlfriend and left her body in a car at a Boston airport escaped from police custody in Kenya, police said Thursday.

Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kangethe slipped out of the police station and jumped into a privately owned minivan, Nairobi police chief Adamson Bungei said. A fresh search for him began immediately.

Four police officers who were on duty at the station are in custody and have recorded statements, according to a police report seen by The Associated Press.

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Massachusetts State Police said in early November that Kangethe had left her body in a car at Logan International Airport and boarded a flight to Kenya. Massachusetts officials said they were working with Kenyan authorities to locate him, and he was arrested in a nightclub on Jan. 30 after being on the run for three months.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/kenya-boston-killing-airport-a80be71f00003d926fdc6377048c5bfb

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