Kenyan woman was stabbed to death on Thursday while traveling on a vehicle south on interstate 5. Interstate 5 runs all along the western coast of the United States. The incident happened about 5 miles north of Seattle.
Jane Kariuki, 42, was traveling on an SUV with her longtime boyfriend, Christel David Murphy, with whom they had a troubled relationship. He was sitting in the back seat behind her. Earlier in the day, Ms Kariuki had asked Murphy to move out of the apartment they shared in Kent a suburn of Seattle.
The argument continued on in the car before the incident happened. He reached for her neck, put her in a choke hold and stabbed her several times. The driver of the vehicle immediately pulled over and called 911. Murphy is reported to have gotten out of the SUV, threw the knife on the ground and lit a cigarette.
According to local reports, Ms Kariuki died at Harborview Medical Center several hours later. Murphy is under arrest and is expected to answer a first-degree murder charge on Monday. His bail was set on Friday set at $4 million dollars.
