Nairobi, Feb. 14 -- His escape from police custody last week was straight out of a Riverwood thriller.

The intense five-day manhunt raised many questions about how an alleged murderer slipped out of a heavily guarded police station.

Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kang'ethe, the 40-year-old man accused of killing his girlfriend in the United States of America and then fleeing to Kenya to evade justice, is said to have calmly walked out of Muthaiga police station and disappeared into thin air.

Kang'ethe's escape came to an end on Tuesday night after police, acting on a tip-off, raided a house in Ngong and arrested him. Police sources said the house belonged to the fugitive's cousin.

Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei told the Nation that the fugi...