The ‘Vampire of Kenya’ who killed 42 women, escaped custody

KENYA – An accused Kenyan serial killer dubbed a ‘vampire’ and suspected of murdering 42 women has escaped from custody with 12 other detainees, officials said Tuesday.

Mohamed Amin, the head of the nation’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations, said Collins Jumaisi Khalusha of Kenya and other suspects from Eritrea had been allowed to escape from Nairobi’s Gigiri police station with the help of eight officers, including the station commanders.

Officials claim the inmates cut through a wire mesh in their cells and scaled a perimeter wall, with top brass only learning of the escape when officers went to the cells to serve the detainees breakfast.