A Kenyan man wanted in Massachusetts to face murder charges has been extradited nearly a year after he fled the United States. Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kangethe is wanted for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Margaret Mbitu, whose body was found in a car at Logan International Airport in Boston on Oct. 31.
Kangethe left Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Sunday and is set to face murder charges at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston on Tuesday, according to Kenyan Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga. The extradition order was issued by the court in July.
Kangethe, who has renounced his U.S. citizenship, was involved in a dramatic escape from a police cell after his Kenyan lawyer visited him in January. Disciplinary action was taken against four police officers who were on duty when he escaped. He was rearrested a week later, and his extradition case continued.
Kangethe’s girlfriend Mbitu, a health care aide in Halifax, Massachusetts, was last seen leaving work on Oct. 30 and reported missing by her family. The preliminary investigation revealed that Mbitu had left her workplace and traveled with Kangethe to Lowell, Massachusetts, where he lived, as stated by the prosecution in Kenya during the extradition case hearing. Kangethe was also found in possession of personal items belonging to the deceased, prosecutors said.
