What next for Jowie as DNA links him to Monica’s blood?

Blood samples from khaki shorts said to belong to Joseph Irungu alias Jowie matched that of slain Monica Kimani’s blood.

Government analyst Joseph Kagunda Kimani on Tuesday told the court there was a small blood stain on Jowie’s brown shorts taken from his house by the police to the Government Chemist for analysis.

Kagunda was testifying in the case where Jowie has been charged alongside his ex-fiancée Jacque Maribe with the murder of Monica.

The report lists 73 items that were tested during the investigations in to the murder of Monica, which happened on September 19, 2018 in her apartment at Lamuria Gardens in Kilimani.

The Government Chemist was tasked to analyse items derived from Monica’s apartment, Maribe’s residence where Jowie was living, and her car for criminal investigations.

The items were received from the Government Chemist from September 25 and October 5, 9 and 24 last year.

They include a black leather belt, black hair band, maroon pillow, pair of navy blue sandals, a pair of black sports shoes, Heineken green empty beer bottle, swabs on sterile swab stick from rear left seat of car KCA 031E among other items.

In the report, the DNA generated from the swab from the rim of the empty Tusker can was of an unknown male origin.

“The DNA generated from the swab from the rim of the empty Tusker can was of an unknown male origin,” reads the report.

The DNA generated from the swab from gear lever was from an unknown female origin.

The swab from the glass and empty beer bottle  generated a partial  mixed profile.

The DNA generated from a swab of the pillow,walking closet and rear seat matched with the DNA profile generated from a buccal swab  labelled Joseph Irungu.

The late Monica Kimani introduced Joseph Irungu, alias Jowie, to her friend as a security expert working for Interpol and the Office of the President.