For over a year, Simon Matheri Ikere was the most feared man in Kenya — a gangster linked by police to at least 18 killings, including a leading AIDS researcher and an American missionary and her daughter. Then, on February 20, 2007, over 100 police officers surrounded his hideout in Athi River. Minutes later, he and his bodyguard were dead.
Police called it a shootout. His wife said he had no gun. And a year later, a police constable came forward with an allegation that would cost him his life.
In this deep-dive true crime documentary, we trace Simon Matheri Ikere from a quiet childhood in Gachie village, through Kenya's most violent carjacking wave, to the disputed night of his death — and the whistleblower who paid the ultimate price for speaking out. We separate what was proven from what was only alleged, expose a case of mistaken identity that's confused this story for years, and ask the question Kenya still hasn't answered: was this justice, or an execution?
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