Man wanted for allegedly killing girlfriend, leaving body at Boston airport arrested in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya — A man who was wanted for allegedly killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a parking lot at a Boston airport, was arrested at a nightclub in Kenya.
The Associated Press says Kevin Kangethe, 40, was apprehended on Monday as Kenyan authorities acted on information.
Kenya’s director of Criminal Investigations, Mohammed Amin told The Associated Press that Kangethe will be extradited.
According to AP News, the body of Margaret Mbitu, 31, was discovered in November 2023 in a car at a parking garage at Boston Logan International Airport. Mbitu, of Whitman, Massachusetts, was reported missing by family members two days before her body was discovered.
AP News said David Procopio, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts State Police, described the arrest as “a joint effort that reached across oceans and continents.”
“We had been keeping tabs on him while the international coordination of the arrest warrant and apprehension plan was being completed,” Procopio said. “The next step is the extradition process, but there is no timetable on that yet.”