Suspect confesses to Killing LGBT Activist Edwin Chiloba
Police investigating the death of an LGBTQ+ rights campaigner whose body was discovered stuffed in a metal trunk have arrested a suspect, they said.
Edwin Chiloba, a 25-year-old fashion designer and model, was found dead by the road earlier this week about 40km (25 miles) outside the Rift Valley town of Eldoret, media reports said.
“We have a suspect in custody and we are investigating his role in this murder,” said Peter Kimulwo, the head of investigations at the directorate of criminal investigations (DCI) office in Eldoret.
“We are holding him as a prime suspect because there are leads pointing to him and others, but all these are subject to conclusive investigations,” he told reporters.
Kimulwo said the suspect was believed to have been a longtime friend of the victim,...