{"id":9760,"date":"2022-11-15T09:46:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T09:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=9760"},"modified":"2022-11-15T09:46:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T09:46:43","slug":"police-in-migori-county-on-monday-arrested-a-21-year-old-man-blamed-for-a-several-murders-after-his-concealed-identity-was-blown-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=9760","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Police in Migori county on Monday arrested a 21-year-old man blamed for a several murders after his concealed identity was blown up.<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AWENDO-MAN-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AWENDO-MAN-1.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AWENDO-MAN-1-480x267.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 630px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect was spotted passing by a police station dressed in female attire but police laid an ambush on realizing \u2018she\u2019 looked suspiciously masculine, a report detailing the arrest indicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect identified himself as Sheila Bichange, a female.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUpon a cursory examination, he owned up and produced a national identification card with a picture that matched his appearance and showed he is Jared Opiyo Nyatumba, a 21 years old Luo male adult from Homa Bay County, Ndhiwa sub-county, Kobama location,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect further alleged to be an employee of a Sony Sugar Company worker who also owns a hotel within Awendo Township.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked why he was donning female attire, police say the suspect alleged to have been harboring feminine feelings since childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect was said to be linked to a series of crimes including murders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his interrogation, word went round Awendo that the person linked to a serial killings in the area, and who was said to sometimes disguise himself as a female, had been arrested by Awendo police prompting an agitated mob to gather at the police station baying for his blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An ensuing scuffle forced police to expend 23 rounds of 7.62 x51 mm blanks, 12 teargas canisters, and 15 20\/20 rounds fired from the anti-riot guns in efforts to contain the agitated mob demanding that the suspect be handed over to them for lynching, the police indicated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suspect was spotted passing by a police station dressed in female attire but police laid an ambush on realizing \u2018she\u2019 looked suspiciously masculine, a report detailing the arrest indicated. 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