The serial killer “murdered the women he met in bars and buried more than ten victims in a hole in his kitchen”
- Denis Kazungu, 34, was arrested and confessed to the murder of numerous victims.
A serial killer allegedly murdered women he met in bars and buried more than ten of his victims in a hole he dug in his kitchen in Rwanda, we have learned.
The 34-year-old man, identified as Denis Kazungu in local mediawas arrested on Tuesday and confessed to studying his victims before tracking them down and luring them to his rental house in the suburbs of the capital Kigali.
Kazungu admitted to cops that once his victims, who were mostly prostitutes, entered his property, he stole their belongings before strangling them to death and dumping their bodies in a hole he dug in his kitchen.
Horrified officers found more than 10 decomposing bodies piled in the pit as they searched the man’s home after he admitted to the murders.
Kazungu admitted that he learned how to kill by watching documentaries about famous serial killers and that he mainly chose female prostitutes as victims because they were very likely not to have close family or friends who would help them. would be looking for, police said.
A serial killer allegedly murdered women he met in bars and buried more than ten of his victims in a hole he dug in his kitchen in Rwanda, it has been learned (File image from Kigali Police, Rwanda)
A source from the Rwanda Bureau of Investigation said the number of victims discovered so far was 14, but RIB spokesman Thierry Murangira declined to give a definitive figure until medical investigations -legal are completed. The victims have not yet been identified.
Kazungu admitted to police that he dissolved some of his victims in acid, meaning there may be other victims whose bodies will never be found.
He was initially arrested in July on suspicion of robbery and rape, among other offences, but was released on bail due to lack of evidence, local media quoted Murangira as saying.
But on Monday, police went to Kazungu’s rented property to evict him after his landlord told them he in default of payment of the rent during the last seven months.
A policeman told a Rwandan newspaper The new times that Kazungu fought.
“He apologized and cried excessively, which raised our suspicions. We arrested him and I personally took him to the police station,” the official said.
“It was at the police station that he confessed to killing people, prompting RIB to investigate at his home.”
Police arrested the suspected serial killer on Tuesday and searched his home, which found the bodies dumped in the pit he had dug in his kitchen.
“The suspect confessed that he learned how to kill by watching famous serial killers. He dissolved some of his victims in acid,” RIB’s source said.
“He studied his victims before he stalked them and usually went to those who probably didn’t have close family or friends to take care of them.”
Murangira said the suspect confessed to the killings during questioning and preliminary investigations revealed the victims were both male and female.
“He lured his victims, mostly prostitutes, to his home where he stole their phones and belongings, then strangled them to death and buried them in a hole he dug in the kitchen of his rental house,” he added. .
It is believed that most of Kazungu’s victims were women he met in bars, according to police.
Her neighbors told local media that they sometimes heard women screaming in the night, but did not think anything out of the ordinary was going on.
A survivor who escaped the clutches of the serial killer reportedly allowed himself to be arrested, but police say he confessed after being evicted for not paying his rent for seven months.
