Detectives in Kenya have found and returned an 8-year-old boy to his anguished mother after discovering that he had been abducted by his stepfather.
Nemwel Ondari, the suspect, abducted the boy early on Saturday, November 12, following a domestic dispute with his wife, Everline Nandera.
The perpetrator was apprehended after the boy’s frightened mother reported the incident to the Embakasi police station at around 9:30 am.
The suspect requested and threatened to stab the boy to death with a kitchen knife if his wife didn’t take immediate action, according to a statement released by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations – DCI.
According to the statement, “Nandera told detectives that she had left their home in Embakasi’s Tel Aviv area at the crack of dawn, headed for Muthurwa market.
But upon coming back at around 9:20 am, she found her husband and son missing. A note had been left behind by the husband Nemwel Ondari, 32, demanding a ransom of Sh50,000, for the release of the boy.
“In the note, the man also warned his wife that he would kill the boy using a kitchen knife which he had carried, should she try any monkey business.
“Immediately the woman filled her report at Embakasi police station, detectives from the elite Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) based at DCI Nairobi area were assembled and a manhunt for the suspect was launched.
“The detectives assisted by their Embakasi counterparts traced the suspect and arrested him at the NMS Green Park matatu terminus off Haile Sellasie avenue, a few hours later.
“The detectives established that the couple had a heated argument last night and after Everline left early in the morning for Muthurwa to fend for her family, the man packed his clothes and a kitchen knife in two bags, before taking off with the\ boy.
“The detectives pounced on the man at around 4 pm, as he eagerly waited for the ransom to be deposited into his Mpesa account.
“Mother and child were reunited and the man was escorted to Embakasi police station, where he is cooling his heels awaiting arraignment.”