Investigators claimed that missing organs were found in the autopsies of numerous victims of the Good News International Church cult, whose members were accused of starving themselves to death in Shakahola, Kenya.
It’s thought that Paul Mackenzie, the Good News International Church’s pastor who was arrested last month, gave his followers the command to starve their kids and themselves to death.
He supposedly said they would enter heaven before April 15, when he foretold the end of the world.
In court records, head inspector Martin Munene stated on Tuesday that missing organs had been discovered in several of the victims’ exhumed remains.
According to him, “It is believed that trade in human body organs has been well coordinated, including by a number of people.”
Kenyans were horrified when numerous graves were found in the Shakahola woodland nearby the coastal town of Malindi last month.
According to Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki, Tuesday marked the conclusion of post-mortem tests on 112 bodies that had been excavated.
He claimed that the search for further victims of the “highly organised crime,” which had been put on hold last week owing to inclement weather, was once again underway.
In his statement, Kindiki said, “This tragedy in Shakahola is among the worst that the nation has ever experienced.”
Mackenzie’s Case So Far
Mackenzie has not yet entered a plea, and according to his attorney, he is working with the police.
Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor, said, “Although malnutrition appears to be the main cause of death, however, some of the dead, including children, were strangled, beaten, or suffocated.”
A decision by the Shanzu Magistrate Court over whether or not the police may keep Mackenzie in custody for an additional 90 days while they conduct their inquiry was anticipated on Wednesday,
Meanwhile, bail was granted to a second individual who had been detained in the same incident in Shakahola.
According to the police, “large monetary transactions” tied to the sale of homes owned by Mackenzie’s supporters were found to have been made through the bank accounts of prominent televangelist Ezekiel Odero.
The court also ordered the freezing of more than 20 of Odero’s bank accounts for a 30-day period.