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Timeline: Investigation led to gruesome discovery of body in airport garage
A HORRIFIC DISCOVERY. JEN. DOUG ANTOINETTE, GOOD MORNING. RIGHT NOW, THERE IS AN INTERNATIONAL SEARCH UNDERWAY LOOKING FOR THAT MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND AND LEAVING HER BODY IN A CAR HERE AT LOGAN, MAGGIE AND B2 WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HER FAMILY ON MONDAY. COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THE 31 YEAR OLD WAS FOUND IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF HER BOYFRIEND’S CAR IN THE CENTRAL PARKING GARAGE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HER BOYFRIEND, 40 YEAR OLD KEVIN KINGERY, IS NOW WANTED FOR MURDER. POLICE SAY HE WAS LAST SEEN ON VIDEO HERE AT LOGAN BOARDING A FLIGHT FOR KENYA. MAGGIE’S COUSIN IS REMEMBERING THE NURSE IN BROCKTON HIGH GRADUATE FOR ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR PEOPLE. ALL HAPPINESS AND JOYOUS AND LOVED PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, SO SHE REALLY LIKE TO BE, YOU KNOW, WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. THAT’S A REFLECTION OF WHO SHE WAS AN ARREST WARRANT SAYS KINGERY BOUGHT A FLIGHT TO KENYA EARLY ON TUESDAY MORNING. IT’S UNCLEAR WHEN B2 WAS KILLED, ACCORDING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE, THE US AND KENYA DO HAVE AN EXTRADITION TREATY AND STATE POLICE ARE NOW WORKING WITH OFFICIALS IN KENYA.
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Timeline: Investigation led to gruesome discovery of body in Logan Airport garage
Updated: 6:04 PM EDT Nov 3, 2023
The gruesome discovery of a mutilated body in the Central Parking Garage at Boston Logan International Airport occurred about two days after the victim was reported missing. Margaret Mbitu, 31, of Whitman, was found dead in the garage on Wednesday. Her boyfriend, Kevin Kangethe, 40, of Lowell, is suspected of killing her and then fleeing to Kenya. >> ‘We want justice’ family of victim saysThe arrest warrant documentation, first obtained by NewsCenter 5, helps to reveal a timeline of how the investigation has unfolded: Oct. 30: An investigation is opened after Mbitu is reported missing. She was last seen around 11 p.m. leaving her job in Halifax. During their investigation, police learned of her relationship with Kangethe.Oct. 31: Kangethe obtained tickets for a flight to Kenya “in the early morning hours.” Oct. 31: Kangethe’s white 2013 Toyota Venza is registered on several cameras in areas of Lowell and Chelsea. Mbitu’s cellphone location was consistent with the vehicle location, investigators noted.Oct. 31: Kangethe’s vehicle arrives at the Central Parking garage at Logan Airport. Investigators said they have video of the vehicle entering the garage and Kangethe walking into the terminal. A time was not specified. Nov. 1: Mbitu’s body is discovered in the Central Parking garage at Logan Airport. The investigator who wrote the warrant application responded to the garage at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 1: Mbitu is pronounced dead by Boston EMS at 7:23 p.m.Nov. 2: Officials publicly confirm the discovery of Mbitu’s body and identify Kangethe as a suspect. Nov. 3: Mugshot and photo of Kevin Kangethe released by DAMassachusetts State Police are working with law enforcement in Kenya to find Kangethe, spokesperson Dave Procopio said. Mbitu’s cousin, George Kamau, remembers her as a loving person who always looked to help others. “She loved to be with family members and friends. That’s a reflection of who she was,” he said.Kamau and Mbitu’s family are keeping faith that justice will be served.”We want justice for Maggie, and we will not rest until that is done,” Kamau said.Former state trooper Todd McGee believes that extradition should be possible since the U.S. and Kenya have friendly relations.”If there’s enough information that our authorities here in the U.S. can pass onto the Kenyan authorities, they may be able to make an arrest rather swiftly,” McGee said.
EAST BOSTON, Mass. —
The gruesome discovery of a mutilated body in the Central Parking Garage at Boston Logan International Airport occurred about two days after the victim was reported missing.
Margaret Mbitu, 31, of Whitman, was found dead in the garage on Wednesday. Her boyfriend, Kevin Kangethe, 40, of Lowell, is suspected of killing her and then fleeing to Kenya.
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>> ‘We want justice’ family of victim says
The arrest warrant documentation, first obtained by NewsCenter 5, helps to reveal a timeline of how the investigation has unfolded:
- Oct. 30: An investigation is opened after Mbitu is reported missing. She was last seen around 11 p.m. leaving her job in Halifax. During their investigation, police learned of her relationship with Kangethe.
- Oct. 31: Kangethe obtained tickets for a flight to Kenya “in the early morning hours.”
- Oct. 31: Kangethe’s white 2013 Toyota Venza is registered on several cameras in areas of Lowell and Chelsea. Mbitu’s cellphone location was consistent with the vehicle location, investigators noted.
- Oct. 31: Kangethe’s vehicle arrives at the Central Parking garage at Logan Airport. Investigators said they have video of the vehicle entering the garage and Kangethe walking into the terminal. A time was not specified.
- Nov. 1: Mbitu’s body is discovered in the Central Parking garage at Logan Airport. The investigator who wrote the warrant application responded to the garage at 6:30 p.m.
- Nov. 1: Mbitu is pronounced dead by Boston EMS at 7:23 p.m.
- Nov. 2: Officials publicly confirm the discovery of Mbitu’s body and identify Kangethe as a suspect.
- Nov. 3: Mugshot and photo of Kevin Kangethe released by DA
Massachusetts State Police are working with law enforcement in Kenya to find Kangethe, spokesperson Dave Procopio said.
Mbitu’s cousin, George Kamau, remembers her as a loving person who always looked to help others. “She loved to be with family members and friends. That’s a reflection of who she was,” he said.
Kamau and Mbitu’s family are keeping faith that justice will be served.
“We want justice for Maggie, and we will not rest until that is done,” Kamau said.
Former state trooper Todd McGee believes that extradition should be possible since the U.S. and Kenya have friendly relations.
“If there’s enough information that our authorities here in the U.S. can pass onto the Kenyan authorities, they may be able to make an arrest rather swiftly,” McGee said.
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