Trent Keegan

Despite police ruling Keegan's death as a robbery/murder, his family and friends still have ideas of their own. Many different interviews that have been conducted with Keegan's family show that although the hit and run or mugging are possibilities, they believe that his work at the time relates back to his death. Not only was he covering a dispute between two groups of people with one side not wanting it publicized, Keegan also mentioned to his father that he witnessed a man shoot a pregnant lady right in front of him and planned to reveal it to authorities. Another reason as to why his family believes that his death related back to his work is that when police recovered Keegan's personal items from his person, his laptop and camera were missing but his wallet was found and with cash inside. Also, there is evidence that Keegan's body was "carefully dragged' into the ditch where he was found deceased. There are closed-circuit cameras that could have witnessed what happened to Keegan, but police gave no information on whether or not the cameras had any evidence on them or not. He even mentioned to one of his friends that he was being threatened. All together, these factors came into play and made the family and many others suspicious because based on the evidence, his death does not seem to be from a normal robbery or hit and run incident. A few months into the investigation, Kenyan police say they had five men in custody who they believe have connections to the death of Keegan. Their name nor any other information was given when that news was released. In 2009, Kenyan police released information stating that they have two men in custody who were charged with robbery of Keegan. However, both men were acquitted by the Nairobi court of all charges. In 2011, Hesbon Amadade was charged with the murder of Keegan but he was also acquitted of the charges. No one else has been arrested or linked to the death of Trent Keegan.

Trent Keegan (12 August 1974 – 28 May 2008) was a photojournalist from New Zealand who was found dead in a ditch from apparent head injuries in Nairobi, Kenya. Before he died, Keegan was on a photo project on the Massai in the northern region of Tanzania.

Keegan was born on 12 August 1974 in New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand. Following his death in 2008 at the age of 33, he was survived by both of his parents, Mike and Trish, as well as his sister, Nikki.Following his untimely death, Trent was bought back to New Zealand by his sister where they held a funeral for him.