Digital footprints, money trail turn husband into suspect in wife's murder

When 23-year-old Ann Waithera vanished on the afternoon of May 21, 2025, her husband Zacharia Wanjohi was the first to raise the alarm. But what began as a frantic search soon spiralled into a chilling investigation, one that would turn the husband into the main suspect in a murder that has gripped Nakuru.

Waithera, an M-Pesa agent operating within Nakuru City, left her kiosk around 1pm to deposit Sh330,000 at a the Kenya Commercial Bank branch, and was never seen alive again.