Detectives arrest a 34 year-old man behind the gruesome murder of University of Nairobi student, JANE ATILA, whose mutilated body was found dumped in a forest (PHOTO)

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - Detectives in Kikuyu are holding Nicholas Mutua Mutia, 34, in connection with the gruesome murder of Jane Atila Quedeya, a University of Nairobi, Kikuyu Campus student.

Atila’s decomposed body was discovered on October 17^th, 2025, dumped in a thicket at Kefri Muguga Forest, four days after she was reported missing at Kikuyu Police Station on October 13^th.

According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), forensic fingerprint identification conducted in collaboration with the National Registration Bureau positively confirmed the identity of the deceased.

Preliminary investigations revealed that moments before her disappearance, Atila was in the company of her estranged boyfriend, Mutua, who has since been arrested as the main suspect in the case.

Mutua was arraigned before the Kikuyu Law Courts on October 25^th, 2025, where detectives were granted 21 days to detain him pending further investigations. The matter is expected to be mentioned on November 13^th.

Investigations into the brutal killing are ongoing.

The Kenyan DAILY POST