The horrific scene of a missing nurse’s mutilated body was discovered by officers after they found her inside a car parked at a Boston airport garage.
State troopers reported that they found Margaret “Maggie” Mbitu, 31, in the Central Parking lot of Logan Airport around 6:30 p.m., two days after she was reported missing.
She was found with deep slash wounds to her face and neck that was made by her boyfriend, who hopped on a plane to flee to Kenya. Maggie also had puncture wounds to her sides with obvious signs that led to her tragic death.
An officer said, “We observed a large amount of blood inside the vehicle. Once we saw the lacerations and her lifelessness, we knew it was unfortunately too late.”
Mbitu was last seen around 11 p.m. Monday leaving her job at nonprofit BAMSI in Halifax, about 30 miles southeast of Boston.
Police are now on the hunt for her boyfriend Kevin Kangethe, 40, who allegedly carried out the gruesome crime before boarding a flight to Kenya.
Mbitu’s time of death was not revealed, but police said Kangethe bought plane tickets to the African country in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
He was seen on surveillance video driving into the Logan Airport parking garage, entering the terminal area and then checking into a flight bound for Kenya
Friends and loved ones remembered Mbitu as a kind and charismatic woman who worked as a per diem nurse alongside her mother.
The following day, after Mbitu’s body was found, BAMSI said its community is “heartbroken by the tragic murder.”
“She was warm, caring, and loved by everyone she worked with, both staff and the people she cared for in our group homes,” the nonprofit posted on Facebook. “As an agency, we are in mourning over the loss of such an amazing young woman.”
State police obtained a warrant for Kangethe’s arrest and are working with Kenyan authorities to bring him home.
