Kenya: How Car Plate Led Police to Sergeant Who Ran Over Student

Were it not for the car number plate that was found next to her body, police officers may have shrugged off Maureen Wambui Gachagua's death as one of the many mysterious murders or accidents in the city.

But it turned out the Kenyatta University third-year student was hit by a senior prison officer -- who police say was drunk -- who then drove three kilometres with her body on the roof of his car before dumping it in South C Estate, Nairobi.

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