One of the Catholic nuns accused of murdering her fellow sister, Sister Anselimina Karimi, will spend 14 days in police custody as police continue investigations into the brutal murder.
The suspect was arraigned at Meru Law Courts on Tuesday, October 14, when detectives asked for more time to complete their investigations. The court gave them more time to reconstruct the manner in which the gruesome murder was carried out.
The defense had requested that she be released on bail, but prosecutors opposed the application, arguing that the nun would tamper with witnesses or go into hiding before the trial could be completed.
Sister Karimi was reported to have been killed on Saturday, October 11, but her body was found on Sunday at her home.
She was working in an orphanage beyond Meru Town when she was killed. The suspect had only just been transferred to the same facility and was going to take her place.
Police also believe that the killing most likely did not take place where they found her body, and preliminary investigations reveal that she may well have been killed elsewhere before she was left there.
Initial reports indicate that Sister Karimi could have been killed by vicious head injuries that seemingly were inflicted with a bludgeon.
The nun was last seen in her apartment around 10 p.m. Saturday, detectives say, and her cell phone rang an hour later it was never found.
Police are currently analyzing the victim and suspect’s phone records to monitor their calls and locations before the murder.
According to the police, when he found Sister Karimi unconscious, the suspect called her colleagues, who quickly took her to Consolata Mission Hospital, Nkubu, which is about 16 kilometers from where she was discovered, where she was found to have been pronounced dead.
The community of the local Catholic church was shocked by the killing, with most of them referring to Sister Karimi as a humble and devoted servant of God.
