A WANTED suspect who is linked to the murder of Brit businessman Campbell Scott in Kenya has committed suicide.
Police said that Samuel Musembi, who was alleged to have ferried the 58-year-old’s corpse over 100 kilometres away, took his own life on Wednesday.
DCIWanted murder suspect Samuel Musembi took his own life on Wednesday, according to police[/caption]
PAMusembi is wanted over the murder of 58-year-old Brit businessman Campbell Scott[/caption]
His body was recovered found in a pineapple sack
Scott, whose body was found in a sack of pineapples, is feared to have been kidnapped and tortured before his eventual death.
Musembi is alleged to have driven a vehicle that carried Scott’s corpse from Pipeline Nairobi to Makongo Forest in Makueni county, Kenya, where he was found in the sack.
In a shock twist, the driver took his own life whilst on the run from cops.
Prior to his suicide, he was alleged to have been hiding at a relative’s house in Dandora, Nairobi.
Detectives say he sought temporary accommodation at a friend’s house in Dandora, and told them that he needed some rest “far away from home” for unknown reasons.
The friend then went to work and left Musembi in the house with the rest of his family, and told his relatives Musembi looked “restless”.
When the friend returned, Musembi appeared to have locked the door from the inside.
He broke the door down to find Musembi lying on the bed with foam frothing out of his mouth and blood pouring from his neck.
Musembi appeared to have stabbed himself, and he was rushed to hospital.
After being denied from one hospital due to the injury being to serious, he was taken to Kenyatta National Hospital on Tuesday night, and died there on Wednesday morning.
Police said: “The heat on him was too much. He died by suicide.”
Director of Criminal Investigations Mohamed Amin confirmed Musembi had died by suicide.
Campbell’s employers Fico said in a touching statement that they will miss his ‘humour and kindness’Linkedin
Citizen TV KenyaScott’s body was reportedly found 100km away from the place he was kidnapped, in a sack of pineapples[/caption]
Investigations have shown since that Musembi may have attempted to take poisonous substances in order to end his life, but then also stabbed himself when that did not work.
Two other suspects involved in Scott’s murder are still on the run, and are named as Bernard Mbunga Mbusu and Alphonse Munya Kilewa alias Edu.
Investigators said: “The suspects are linked to the brutal murder of 58-year-old Briton, Campbell Scott, whose partially decomposed body was found on February 22, 2025, in Makongo Forest, Makueni Sub-County.
“Scott had arrived in the country just days earlier to attend a business conference.”
It is also alleged that the men tricked Scott, who was in Nairobi for business, before murdering him.
Police have already caught two suspects and are holding them in custody.
They are reportedly helping the investigations.
The group are believed to have tied up Scott’s body and bundled it onto a car before driving over 100 kilometres away where they dumped his corpse into a pineapple sack.
The two caught suspects allegedly successfully attempted to access money using Scott’s credit cards in Nairobi, Voi and Mombasa.
At large Mbusu was last seen on February 16 on CCTV footage with Scott.
Police said that the fugitive has a criminal past which dates back 7 years.
Not known, clear with picture deskSuspect Mbusu was captured on camera walking with Scott before his death, February 16[/caption]
DCITwo more suspects are linked to the brutal murder of 58-year-old Brit Campbell Scott[/caption]
DCIAuthorities have called on the public to give in information relating to the whereabouts of Alphonse Munyao Kilewa alias Edu and Bernard Mbunga Mbusu[/caption]