The time of three am on Thursday, February 23, 2023, is typically known as the witching hour, whereas others comprehend it because the satan’s hour.
On this explicit day, Lawrence Njuguna, also called DJ Fatxo, a famend Kikuyu entertainer, discovered himself within the midst of a troubling scenario.
He had known as a younger man named Jeff Mwathi, who was 23 years previous, for what he believed to be an inside décor job. Sadly, issues took a lethal flip, and Mwathi ended up lifeless outdoors DJ Fatxo’s home in Nairobi’s Safari Park property.
Based on witness statements obtained by the native police, Mwathi jumped from the tenth ground to the laborious concrete downstairs, leading to his demise by suicide.
Nonetheless, Mwathi’s kin, together with his uncle Samuel Muchoki, a Kikuyu benga musician often called Samidoh, have expressed doubts concerning the official narrative.
They’re calling for a conclusive and clear investigation to be performed to find out the reality about what occurred to their liked one.
The Nairobi County police boss, Adamson Bung’ei, has reassured all events concerned that the police will examine the matter totally and current the case because it occurred.
He has additionally urged Kenyans to chorus from hypothesis and judgment, emphasizing the significance of pursuing the reality and presenting it in an open and clear method.
In the meantime, DJ Fatxo has suffered a major setback in his profession, with some enterprise companions suspending engagements with him out of worry of unfavorable publicity.
Corporations comparable to Citified Houses, Lesedi (now Tuza), Vodka Candy Berry, a rice firm in Kirinyaga, and Optiven have all minimize ties with the entertainer.
DJ Fatxo, who hails from Nyandarua County, has labored laborious to determine himself as a profitable disk jockey, performing artist, and model ambassador, incomes himself a spot within the millionaires’ membership in simply eight years.
The witching hour, or satan’s hour, could have lived as much as its ominous status for DJ Fatxo and Jeff Mwathi on February 23, 2023.
Nonetheless, with a radical and clear investigation, the reality about what occurred will be decided, and justice will be served.
Ndi Mang’a (I’m drunk)
In 2020, he turned well-known together with his track “Ndi Mang’a” (I’m drunk) and began acting at high-paying Mugithi occasions.
The next yr, he collaborated with Kamoko, one other Kikuyu singer, to launch “Mwomboko,” solidifying his place among the many high vernacular singers.
Nonetheless, he tragically misplaced his life in suspicious circumstances. Mwathi and two mates had been attempting to determine themselves within the inside décor business when he obtained a name from DJ Fatxo a couple of potential contract.
To satisfy with DJ Fatxo, Mwathi borrowed Sh200 from his mom and went out to satisfy him. Mwathi’s mom revealed that she obtained a video confirming that they had been collectively.
Nonetheless, the assembly become an evening of heavy ingesting and clubbing throughout 4 Kiambu and Murang’a counties bars.
Later, a scene-of-crime report revealed that Mwathi’s physique had a number of fractures on his legs and palms, an open cranium, and was bare from the waist down.
Based on CCTV footage, Mwathi and DJ Fatxo retired to the ill-fated home at round 3 a.m. with three ladies and one other man. DJ Fatxo left with the ladies round an hour later, leaving Mwathi within the firm of the 2 males, one in every of whom is a relative of DJ Fatxo.
The 2 males had been seen on CCTV cameras going downstairs after which coming again as much as the home, minutes earlier than a human of Mwathi’s construct fell from the window and died.
The preliminary investigation report revealed that Mwathi died of acute trauma ensuing from a number of accidents on the top and limbs. DJ Fatxo claimed that he didn’t know that it was Mwathi who was mendacity lifeless within the compound when he returned to the home at round 9 a.m.
He’s seen within the CCTV footage trying on the physique in shock earlier than going again to his home. Nonetheless, the 2 males who had been with Mwathi claimed that he died by suicide after leaping out of the room. The detectives are investigating the lacking hyperlinks, together with Mwathi
Mwathi’s unlucky demise occurred instantly and with out warning; he had solely been inside the home for seven minutes earlier than tragedy struck, leaving a dull physique on the concrete ground.
Put up-mortem reviews concluded that the reason for demise was acute trauma ensuing from a number of accidents to the top and limbs, instantly elevating suspicions of foul play.
What made the scene much more macabre is that DJ Fatxo, who had returned to his home at 9 am, discovered himself in Mwathi’s presence with out realizing it was his contractor mendacity there.
When confronted with this sudden sight, digital camera footage revealed him unable to understand actuality as he appeared on the deceased individual with a face stuffed with shock and horror earlier than finally deciding to retire again up into his abode.
Whereas the 2 males current in the home the place Mwathi jumped to his demise insist that he had dedicated suicide, the forensic groups are nonetheless investigating this matter to attach all of the dots and set up the true explanation for demise.
In efforts to uncover extra particulars, detectives have devised a method of visiting all locations the place Mwathi had visited or been seen with sure individuals previous to his demise, taking proof comparable to safety tapes and witness testimonies for additional investigation.
Moreover, a lot effort is being put into questioning Mwathi’s historical past with these two different males current within the video and attempting to determine his relationships, comparable to how lengthy he has recognized them and their collective s*xual orientation.
It’s additionally important to find out the response of those two males after they heard about Mwathi’s demise and why they remained indoors as an alternative of serving to. This proof might assist shut gaps in understanding precisely how and why Mwathi died that day.
It’s certainly a wierd coincidence that the 2 left Mwathi in the home solely to search out him lifeless within the compound after they returned.
This distinctive set of circumstances warrants additional evaluation, as there could also be some vital implications that solely an skilled forensic investigation can uncover.
By finding out CCTV footage and different related recordings, it needs to be attainable to determine what went mistaken and what induced the tragic demise of Mwathi.
Finally, such specialists will be capable of present vital insights on how buddies usually behave below such circumstances, bringing us one step nearer in the direction of fixing the puzzle of the mysterious demise that occurred outdoors of Mwathi’s home.
The mysterious circumstances surrounding DJ Fatxo and the late Mwathi have lastly gotten the eye of detectives.
It has been revealed that Mwathi was invited to DJ Fatxo’s residence within the lifeless of the night time, and brought alongside on an alcoholic binge–all below the guise of a job provide.
Authorities are actually attempting to piece collectively what occurred that night time, and if there have been any underlying elements to think about; comparable to previous psychological well being points and even familial strife.
It seems that Mwathi’s mom harbored deep-seated fears concerning her son’s actions, going so far as asking for video proof when he left with DJ Fatxo.
As detectives attempt to unravel this chaotic scenario, it stays unclear as as to whether or not justice will ever be served for Mwathi’s premature demise.
