Self-confessed vampire child killer Masten Wanjala on Thursday narrated how he escaped the police cell before he was lynched in Bungoma.
Wanjala told those lynching him he disguised as a petty offender and handed officers money he had before walking out on Tuesday night.
Police who talked to the mob said Wanjala then hiked a lift on a lorry to Bungoma where he joined villagers.
“He however did not know they did not want him there,” the police said.
It emerged Wanjala who had been at the station for close to a month escaped after police arrested tens of suspects over Covid-19 pandemic rules and mixed them with those who were in custody.
It was until Wednesday morning that officers who were taking over realized he was missing.
Wanjala is reported to have been murdered by an irate mob in Bungoma days after he escaped from police custody in Nairobi ahead of his arraignment in court.
Bungoma Assistant County Commissioner Cornelius Nyaribai confirmed his death on Friday.
