Boyfriend Found Guilty of Killing Missing Kenyan Woman Olga Ooro in Washington, DC
An American man was this month found guilty of murder in the 2020 killing of his Kenyan girlfriend Olga Ooro whose body has never been found.
Darnell Sterling, 57, of Southeast DC, was convicted of second-degree murder by a jury on October 4th following a trial in D.C. Superior Court. He was also convicted of contempt for violating the earlier order to stay away from Ooro. Sentencing is set for February 3rd, 2023.
Ooro, 34, was last seen on the night of July 16th, 2020, walking away from her home in the 300 block of Massachusetts Avenue, NW. She had just returned home from dinner with her seven-year-old son and Sterling, authorities said.
Police learned of Ooro’s disappearance two days later after her son was found wandering the second floor of their apartment building and told a neighbor that he was looking for his mother.
Sterling was arrested a week later after police said they saw him on surveillance video in Ooro’s apartment building pulling a cart with a large object consistent with the size of a person wrapped and covered with a blanket, according to court documents.
He told investigators that he was in Ocean City at the time Ooro’s missing apartment building key fob was used, but police said tag readers showed his car in D.C., according to court documents. The documents also state that a cadaver dog alerted inside Ooro’s apartment and inside Sterling’s car.
Ooro's family has pleaded for the public's help to find her remains.
"She was a lovely child. She never missed any of my birthdays, Father’s Day. She danced with me, she challenged me, she loved me. She was just an incredible child and a loving daughter," Ooro's father Otieno Ooro told NBC Washington.
Comments (8)
Now let’s wait for Irene’s boyfriend to be charged with 1st degree murder.
I wouldn't Recommend an American man or woman for a Kenyan. An American seeking a Relationship with a Kenyan is 99% bad Business; Stranger DANGER.
There have been many cases of Kenyans killing Kenyans in diaspora,especially in ISA.Explain? Worse, in Kenya just about every day a spouse is maimed or killed.Explain,Doctor.expert...
You are so sick! YOU NEED HELP!!
I feel the same thing here. Chills!
Based on personal experiences, there are advantages and disadvantages to either one. With an American, you avoid the headaches of dealing with cultural constraints especially if your Kenyan marriage is a cross-ethnic and cross-social class one.
@PPPian that is racist as hell. I know of several instances where Kenyan men have beaten and brutalized their Kenyan women, and multiple Kenyan women have been killed by their Kenyan boyfriends or husbands here in the US. Even black American women who have been killed by their Kenyan husbands out of jealousy and drunken rage. So I could say that I wouldn’t recommend any Woman marry any Kenyan man. But that would be complete ignorance. As much as your statement was. The funny part is you have so much against American men, but so many men from Kenya goal is to become an American man. And have their children be Americans. The fact is evil is evil. And regardless what race what country what tribe it doesn’t matter. If a person has a spirit to do evil they will. And if a person has the spirit to do good, to show love and compassion they will. Evil is not a nationality.
PPPian that is racist as hell. I know of several instances where Kenyan men have beaten and brutalized their Kenyan women, and multiple Kenyan women have been killed by their Kenyan boyfriends or husbands here in the US. Even black American women who have been killed by their Kenyan husbands out of jealousy and drunken rage. So I could say that I wouldn’t recommend any Woman marry any Kenyan man. But that would be complete ignorance. As much as your statement was. The funny part is you have so much against American men, but so many men from Kenya goal is to become an American man. And have their children be Americans. The fact is evil is evil. And regardless what race what country what tribe it doesn’t matter. If a person has a spirit to do evil they will. And if a person has the spirit to do good, to show love and compassion they will. Evil is not a nationality.