(Crime): Stepdad Kidnaps his 8-year-old Son, demands Sh50,000 Ransom from Wife

In Kenya, an 8-year-old boy who was kidnapped by his stepfather has been rescued by detectives and reunited with his distraught mother. The suspect, Nemwel Ondari, kidnapped the boy on Saturday morning, November 12, after a domestic disagreement with his wife, Everline Nandera.

He was arrested following a report filed at Embakasi police station at around 9:30am, by the boy’s worried mother.

According to a statement issued by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the suspect demanded for the money and threatened to kill the boy with a kitchen knife if the wife didn't act fast.

The mother told detectives that she had left their home in Embakasi’s Tel Aviv area at the crack of dawn, headed for Muthurwa market. But upon coming back at around 9:20am, she found her husband and son missing. A note had been left behind by the husband, Nemwel Ondari, 32, demanding for a ransom of Sh50,000, for the release of the boy.

In the note, the man also warned his wife that he would kill the boy using a kitchen knife which he had carried, should she try any monkey business.

Immediately the woman filed her report at Embakasi police station, detectives from the elite Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau (CRIB) based at DCI Nairobi area launched manhunt for the suspect. The detectives assisted by their Embakasi counterparts traced the suspect and arrested him at the NMS Green Park matatu terminus off Haile Sellasie avenue, a few hours later. He was arrested as he eagerly waited for the ransom to be deposited into his Mpesa account.

The boy was reunited with his mother and the man was escorted to Embakasi police station for further processes.

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