Wanjiru's mother halts burial arrangements

Written By:Rufus Hunja,    Posted: Wed, May 18, 2011

Athlete Samuel Wanjiru's wife Triza Njeri insists her husband succumbed to a fall from the balcony as his mother calls for investigations into what she terms as her son's murder

The mystery surrounding the death of celebrated marathoner Samuel Wanjiru deepened today after the late’s mother Ann Wanjiru declared that her son will not be buried until investigations to unearth the cause of his death are finalized.
This development came even as it emerged that the closed circuit television fitted in Wanjiru’s home might not have been working during the fateful night.
Ann Wanjiru has now stopped all burial arrangements saying the cause of her son’s death remains mysterious and should be handled first.
Wanjiru’s wife Triza Njeri has termed claims that he was murdered by those seeking his wealth as malicious maintaining her husband died after jumping from the balcony of their house.
Njeri says she had left the house at 5pm for supper at a friend’s house and when Wanjiru failed to pick her up she went to the house and found him in the company of another lady.

Wanjiru’s alleged female companion is yet to be identified after police claimed that she recorded a statement and was later released.

It is a mysterious death that even the latest of technology might not crack with details emerging that detectives investigating the death failed to access information contained in a CCTV camera gadget installed at the home of the athlete. Unconfirmed reports allege that the cameras were deactivated at the time of the fatal crash, a report that will be authenticated tomorrow after an expert who fixed the CCTV visits the home to study its final images.