Harvard student denied visa in Kenya just days before classes start

International students at Harvard University are scrambling to obtain their visas. Some have run into last-minute roadblocks.

• Aug 1, 2025

Harvard graduate student hopes to obtain visa so she can start fall semester in Cambridge

Repha Uhuru said she was denied a visa in Kenya days before she was supposed to begin class at Harvard. WBZ-TV's Samantha Chaney reports.

• Jul 31, 2025

Accused killer who fled to Kenya called "coward" by victim's family

Kevin Kangethe was ordered held without bail as disturbing new details were released about the murder of his former girlfriend Maggie Mbitu.

• Sep 3, 2024

No bail for man accused of killing girlfriend, fleeing to Kenya

It was an emotional scene inside Suffolk Superior Court in Boston Tuesday morning. WBZ TV's Penny Kmitt reports.

• Sep 3, 2024

Suspect in woman's Boston murder ordered extradited to U.S. from Kenya

Kenyan national Kevin Kangethe, accused of murdering his girlfriend and leaving her body in an SUV at Boston's Logan Airport, will face U.S. justice.

• Aug 1, 2024

Kevin Kangethe indicted for murder of Maggie Mbitu as authorities wait for extradition from Kenya

Maggie Mbitu was found in a car at a Logan Airport garage on Nov. 2, three days after her family reported her missing.

• Feb 27, 2024

Kenya to begin extradition process for man wanted in Massachusetts

Prosecutors in Kenya will begin the extradition process for a man who is wanted in Massachusetts for killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a car at Logan Airport.

• Feb 19, 2024

Kenya to begin extradition procedures for man wanted in Massachusetts for Logan Airport murder

Prosecutors in Kenya will begin the extradition process for a man wanted in Massachusetts for killing a woman and leaving her body in a car at Logan Airport.

• Feb 19, 2024

Man wanted in Massachusetts for murder rearrested in Kenya after escape

A man charged with killing a woman in Massachusetts has been captured in Kenya for a second time.

• Feb 14, 2024

Fugitive wanted for Massachusetts murder captured again after escaping police in Kenya

Kevin Kangethe was captured Tuesday, about a week after he escaped. WBZ TV's Kate Merrill reports.

• Feb 14, 2024

Whitman family enraged after murder suspect escapes in Kenya

Maggie Mbitu's family is furious that the man accused of killing her was able to escape from police in Africa.

• Feb 9, 2024

Family of Mass. woman outraged her alleged killer escaped custody in Kenya

A South Shore family is demanding answers after the man accused of killing a woman and leaving her body in a car at Logan Airport escaped custody in Africa. WBZ-TV's Tammy Mutasa reports.

• Feb 8, 2024

Man accused of killing girlfriend in Massachusetts escapes from police in Kenya

WBZ TV's Anna Meiler reports.

• Feb 8, 2024

Man accused of killing Whitman woman and leaving body at Logan Airport escapes from police in Kenya

WBZ TV's Anna Meiler reports.

• Feb 8, 2024

Man arrested in Kenya for murder of woman found dead at Logan Airport

Kevin Kangethe, the man wanted for the brutal murder of Maggie Mbitu last fall, has been captured in Kenya, investigators said Tuesday.

• Jan 30, 2024

WBZ News update for November 3

Weekend weather; President visits Maine; Missing woman found dead at Logan Airport; Video shows car into building

• Nov 3, 2023