‘Vampire’ who murdered 10 children escapes from prison in Kenya

A man in Kenya who was dubbed a vampire after confessing to the killings of ten children and sucking the blood out of at least one has escaped from prison.

Masten Milimo Wanjala, 20, had been set to appear in court yesterday charged with multiple counts of murder.

However, officers realised that Wanjala had escaped from the Nairobi prison after he missed morning roll call, the BBC reports.

Authorities have now launched a manhunt to find the escapee and have also arrested three police officers who were on duty during the time of his escape from Jogoo Road police station.

The Governor of Nairobi, Mike Sonko, has offered a £1,316 (Sh200,000) reward to anyone able to assist officers in locating Wanjala.

The 20-year-old was arrested in July after police tracked him down after two bodies were found dumped in Kabete, outside Nairobi.

He confessed to ten murders over a five year period and had been assisting police to recover the bodies.

Wanjala was found after two bodies –  identified as Junior Mutuku Musyoka, 12, and Charles Opindo Bala, 13 – were found in Kabete.

He has been linked to several other disappearances in recent months, though police say it is not yet clear what his motive was.

Police are trying to establish if Wanjala had accomplices or if he was working alone.

The suspect led detectives to the site of several of the murders in July, with officers taking photos and videos as evidence.

Many of the sites were thick bushes near maize plantations, but Wanjala also dumped his victim’s bodies in open sewage pipes, Capital News reported.

Police said Wanjala had tried to ransom the children, demanding between £200 (KSH 30,000) and £330 (KSH 50,000) from their parents in exchange for their freedom.

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