Mob beats child killer to death

A 20-year-old man who confessed to killing more than 10 young boys has been killed by villagers after escaping custody.

A man who confessed to killing more than 10 young boys has been killed by a mob after escaping custody.

Masten Milimo Wanjala, 20, fled to his home town in Bungoma, Kenya, but was traced by villagers to a house and was beaten to death, police said.

The BBC reports authorities had launched a manhunt for the fugitive who had admitted to killing the boys over a five year period.

Masten Milimo Wanjala was killed by villagers after he escaped custody. Picture: DCI

He confessed to drugging the boys and in some cases drinking their blood.

He had been arrested in July in connection with the disappearance of two children and later confessed to the murder others.

Wanjala was due to appear in court in Nairobi on Wednesday but did not appear.

“Special service agents had been on his trail in Western Kenya, but unfortunately he was spotted by villagers in Bungoma, and beaten to death before our agents re-arrested him,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) wrote on Twitter on Friday.

On July 14, 2021, DCI Special Service agents and Homicide detectives arrested Masten Wanjala, a serial killer who was behind the cold blooded murders of at least ten innocent children. https://t.co/jR7wVCERay

— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) October 15, 2021

“Wanjala confessed to detectives to committing the murders. He has since been in custody until his mysterious disappearance two days ago.”

The DCI said Wanjala was 15-years-old when he killed 12-year-old victim Purity Maweu, before “sucking her blood”.

This marked the beginning of a spate of child disappearances and executions, that left parents and guardians worried about the safety of their children.

The DCI said his arrest followed a forensic investigative trail that brought together top detectives and experts drawn from different specialised units within the department.

Wanjala dumped the bodies of his victims in a forested area of the capital

“Their findings placed him at the scene of at least 10 murders, the first being the execution of 12-year-old Purity Maweu,” the DCI said.

Police referred to him as a “bloodthirsty vampire” who was “responsible for at least ten cold-blooded murders of innocent children”.

How the serial killer escaped from his cell in the Jogoo Road Police Station in Nairobi is a mystery but local media reported three police officers had been arrested over his escape.

The bodies of several children feared to have died at Wanjala’s hands have yet to be found.

He was unremorseful and reportedly told police he derived “a lot pleasure” from killing his victims.