Questions linger over the death of upcoming designer Jeff Mwathi.
A 23 year old interior designer is said to have been in the company of well-to-do Kikuyu musician DJ Fatxo, when he met his death.
As a tradition here we ask questions, to open up cases of public interest. Who? Where? When? How? and why? Here we analyse, examine and reconstruct the knowns to help unearth the unknowns and leave the authorities to do their work.
For days I have been following a case where a 23-year-old boy (Jeff) was found dead in the basement of Redwood Apartments along Lumumba Drive. How did it happen?
How did he end up there? Who was with him? What was he doing at Redwood apartments? What happened inside the apartment?
We have been able to get a recollection of Jeff’s last moments as captured through audio recordings and CCTV footage which might help in the questions that we will ask thereafter;
Jeff and his friend were interior designers who had just started a company that does shops and office interior decor and designs, they had done a shoe shop in Roysambu which as per Jeff’s WhatsApp audio recordings to his mum in Qatar.
DJ Fatxo a renowned Kikuyu Musician visited and like works prompting him to ask for the design referral, he was given Jeff’s contacts.
Jeff sent an audio to his mum sounding so excited and full of enthusiasm that he had gotten the referral and he was meeting the celebrity, ” Sawa… hata tutapata madoh ya luku na bro” he was so happy and enthusiastic to do the work. He asked her to send sh200 fare to go meet him.
DJ Fatxo called Jeff Mwathi on the 21st of February 2023 and they met at Jifiche in Roysambu, Lumumba Drive, that’s where Jeff has done one shop design. They were later spotted at Quivers Lounge along Thika Road in the company of three ladies and two other men.
The men are identified as Dj Fatxo’s cousin and his driver. They visited several other clubs where along Kiambu Road and Thika road where the celebrity performed. All that time Jeff sent videos and pictures to his mum to ascertain that indeed he met the renowned celebrity.
As per the audios, Jeff is heard telling his mum that Fatxo gave him a job to redo his shop and his personal office and would wire money the next day for him to start working on it. “Amesema ataweka doh kesho nianze kazi immediately, at least hapo nitapata pesa ya kubuy manguo”.
Their engagement prolonged into the wake night of Wednesday 22nd February 2023.
As per CCTV footage, at exactly 3:27 am, Fatxo, Jeff, 3 identified ladies (names and details not relevant), Fatxo’s cousin, and his driver, are seen arriving at DJ Fatxo’s Redwood apartment in two cars. Fatxo’s car and an uber.
They all proceeded to his house situated on the 12th floor of the same building.
A few hours later, At 4: 48 AM Dj Fatxo and the three ladies are seen leaving and exiting the building using his car. As per recorded police statements, DJ Fatxo claimed he was dropping the ladies at Roysambu, leaving Jeff, his cousin, and his driver in the house.
At 5:40 AM, DJ Fatxo’s cousin and his driver are captured by CCTV on the ground floor ‘looking around’, the cousin is seen opening a toilet on the ground floor as if he is looking for something and then closing it.
He then makes a phone call that lasts a few seconds before they both went back to the house. Seven minutes later, At 5:47 AM, Jeff’s body is captured flying down from the upper floors and slamming down on the cabro floor face up.
His pants are down below his knees. He drops at the exact place where DJ Fatxo’s cousin and driver were surveying moments before retreating to the building.
Later on, the management of the building starts knocking on all the houses with windows facing the direction of the fall. Every tenant opens except DJ Fatxos’s house. At this juncture, nobody knows the victim or where he came from.
All the windows on that side are closed, so its difficult to tell where exactly the body came from. There is a blind spot from the CCTV and the camera did not capture the exact source of the body.
Further investigation, At exactly 5:49 AM (two minutes after Jeff’s fall), Fatxo’s cousin and his driver start recording live video’s of themselves playing guitar in the house and ends the live recording several minutes later.
Minutes after 9:00 AM, DJ Fatxo is seen arriving at the scene, he can be seen looking at the victim, and then proceeding to his house.
Jeff’s body was later collected by police officers and taken to City Mortuary recorded as an occurrence of Suicide by self-jump off the 12th floor of Redwood Suites Apartments along Lumumba drive.
Questions From the Knowns we, therefore ask the following questions: What was Jeff doing in DJ Fatxo’s house hours later after he allegedly gave him a job whose deposit was to be wired the next day for works to commence immediately?
What led to the prolonged movements from one club to the other as Fatxo performed and thereafter his house at the wee hours of the night?
Why did the renowned DJ carry home “a stranger” in the wee hours of the night, an alleged stranger he had just met during the day for a business deal?
Where did DJ Fatxo and the ladies leave Jeff (his guest) when they exited the house at 4:48 AM? Was he at the table room? Toilet, Kitchen or bedroom? Where was he in the house? What was he doing? What was his state? Was he conscious? Dead or alive? What activity was he doing? At 5:40 AM what were Dj’s cousin and the driver looking for in the basement at the exact spot where Jeff’s body landed exactly 7 minutes later after they retreated to the house?
To whom was the call that lasted several seconds at 5:40 AM placed by DJ Fatxo’s cousin? What was the content of the conversation? Were there any other communications from the two to any other person either by Text or call prior to and after the captured moments around 5:40 AM?
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