Evans Karani, a businessman based in Juja, kiambu County, confessed to detectives of killing girlfriend last week for allegedly cheating on him.
Mr. Karani date Ms Nyokabi (deceased) for four years but their relationship was rocky with Evans accusing Nyokabi of having an affair with another man.
The accused, who is married to another woman, told detectives that he tried to tell Nyokabi to delete the photos of the man he was having an affair with from his phone but she refused. It was from that point that Karani started hatching a plan to kill her.
Last Wednesday, the day when he committed the murder, he called Nyokabi requesting to meet her so that they can sort their differences. Nyokabi agreed to meet him but after Karani sent her money for Saloon which she requested him to provide.
Nyokabi met karani in Ndarugo and after she got drunk from a bottle of wine he brought, he strangled her with his belt to death.
Karani continued narrating to detectives that after she killed Nyokabi, she drove his car towards Tola Estate in Witeithie in Juja to dump the body but his car got stuck near Bob Harris. He them mutilated the body, removed it from the car and tried to bury it in the mud hopping that it will be eaten by animals.
The body was found the next day and the Police immediately swung into action. Karani was later arrested at his hideout in Githurai kimbo.
The vehicle which was found at the scene of crime and impounded by the detectives was said to contain massive evidence as ropes and body stains found in it.
Karani will be arraigned in Court tomorrow.