'Vampire serial killer' who admitted to murdering 42 women ESCAPES in Kenyan prison break as red-faced cops arrest eight of their own bungling officers

A “vampire serial killer” who police said confessed to the murder of 42 women has escaped from a prison in Kenya in a mass breakout.

Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, was arrested in July after ten bodies and several body parts wrapped in plastic bags were found at a garbage dump in a Nairobi slum.

Jumaisi was being held at a police station in the capital when he escaped along with 12 other detainees, all of whom were Eritrean nationals, officials said.

The prisoners escaped by cutting through the wire mesh roof and climbing over the perimeter wall. National police chief Gilbert Masengeli said the escape was aided by “insiders”.

He told reporters that eight officers on duty at the time had been suspended and “taken into custody,” adding that the case was being investigated by the Internal Affairs Department.

Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, is escorted to the Kiambu Court in Kiambu, Kenya, on July 16

On July 13, ten bodies are recovered from a garbage dump in a Nairobi slum.

After the escape, criminal investigation officers are working at the crime scene at the Gigiri police station

Police said they discovered the outbreak when officers made routine visits to cells around 5 a.m. to serve breakfast to prisoners.

“When they opened the cell door, they found that 13 prisoners had escaped by cutting through the wire mesh in the sunbathing area,” police said, referring to a covered courtyard area in the station where inmates had access to fresh air.

The twelve Eritreans were arrested for illegally staying in Kenya, police said. Four other people who did not flee are helping with the investigation.

The police station is located in the upscale Nairobi district of Gigiri, which is home to the regional headquarters of the United Nations and numerous embassies.

This is the second time in just under six months that a suspect in a high-profile case in Kenya has escaped from custody.

Kenyan Kevin Kangethe, accused of murdering his girlfriend in the United States last year and leaving her body in an airport parking lot, fled a police station in February before being caught about a week later.

Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, was arrested in July after 10 bodies and several body parts wrapped in plastic bags were found in a garbage dump in a Nairobi slum.

Officials recover the bodies found in plastic bags from the dump on July 13

Gilbert Masengeli briefs the media after the escape at Gigiri police station

Crowds gather after gruesome discovery in Nairobi slum Mukuru

A police officer enters the Gigiri police station after the main suspect in the Kware murder case, Collins Jumaisi, escaped from custody.

Jumaisi appeared in court in Nairobi on Friday, where the judge ordered his detention for a further 30 days to give police time to complete their investigation.

Criminal Investigation Directorate Chief Mohamed Amin said after his arrest on July 15 that Jumaisi confessed to murdering 42 women over a two-year period starting in 2022, with his wife being his first victim.

“We are dealing with a vampire, a psychopath,” Amin said at the time.

Jumaisi said he was sexually harassed and tortured, his lawyer told AFP last month.

A spokesman for the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said after the bodies were found: “We would like to reassure the public that our investigations will be thorough and will cover a wide range of areas, including, among others, the possible activities of cult members and serial killings.”

Onlookers gather at the garbage dump in Mukuru slum, Nairobi, where bodies were found in July.

Tensions were high at the Mukuru site, with local media reporting that police fired into the air to disperse an angry crowd.

Locals expressed concern after more and more bodies were discovered in the garbage

Some people on social media have described her as a victim of femicide

Officials examine the bodies under the watchful eyes of a crowd of locals

“We appeal to the public to remain calm and give our investigators the chance to bring justice to the victims of this horrific scene.”

The identity of the dead or how long the bodies were in the quarry is not yet known.

The gruesome discovery shocked Kenyans, who were already suffering from the aftermath of the so-called Shakahola forest massacre, in which more than 400 bodies were discovered in mass graves near the Indian Ocean coast.

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