The person accused of murdering his girlfriend after which fleeing to Kenya final yr hid in court docket as he was ordered held with out bail.
Kevin Kangethe, 42, of Lowell, is charged with the homicide of Margaret “Maggie” Mbitu, 31, a beloved Brockton behavioral well being nurse whose household overfilled courtroom 705 of Suffolk Superior Court docket for the alleged killer’s arraignment on Tuesday.
Kangethe pleaded not responsible to the cost. Clerk Justice of the Peace Edward Curley ordered Kangethe held with out bail.
“It has been a long journey coming. Today gives us hope and represents a step forward toward justice,” Mbitu’s sister wrote in a private assertion learn after the arraignment. “When I lost my sister, I lost a personal friend, a confidant, and the only person I knew I could speak to.
“We will continue to fight until this coward is locked up, and never sees the light again or get to hurt another family and take their loved one away from them,” she continued.
The seventh ground anteroom was abuzz each throughout and after the listening to with members of Mbitu’s prolonged household in addition to representatives of the varied regulation enforcement and diplomatic companies that labored collectively to research Mbitu’s homicide and to deliver him again from Nairobi, Kenya, to face his cost in Boston.
Prosecutors say that Kangethe killed Mbitu on Oct. 30 or 31, 2023, after which left her physique in a automobile inside Logan Worldwide Airport’s central parking storage. Mbitu’s physique was discovered at 6:30 p.m. that Nov. 1.
Mbitu labored as a per diem nurse for group houses run by the Brockton-based BAMSI, which works with individuals with developmental disabilities and psychological and behavioral well being challenges. The corporate had reported her lacking and uploaded a lacking poster to their web site.
Firm spokeswoman Ulea Lago informed the Herald that Mbitu, who she known as “Maggie,” was “an amazing individual” who was “loved by everyone she worked with.”
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Element of a lacking poster for Maggie Mbitu posted by her coworkers. (Courtesy / Fb posting)
