The alleged killer of a Brockton nurse who fled to Kenya in 2023 was extradited back to Massachusetts over the weekend, the Boston Division of the FBI and the State Police announced Monday.

Kevin Kangethe, 40, of Lowell, was escorted from Nairobi to Logan International Airport on a flight Saturday evening. He is expected to appear in Suffolk Superior Court on Tuesday.

Kangethe is accused of killing his girlfriend, 31-year-old Margaret Mbitu, whose body was found in a car in the central garage at the Boston airport on Nov. 1, 2023. Kangethe had purchased a one-way ticket to Nairobi, Kenya on Oct. 31 and was aboard the flight when her body was found.

An arrest warrant charging Kangethe with Mbitu’s murder was issued out of Chelsea District Court on Nov. 2, 2023, followed by a federal arrest warrant issued by the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts the next day, charging Kangethe with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

The suspect was apprehended on Jan. 29 by Kenyan authorities but escaped weeks before he was set to be extradited to the U.S. He was reportedly meeting with his lawyer in Muthaiga Police Station in Nairobi when he slipped through the defenses.

He was recaptured on Feb. 14 and remained in custody in Nairobi until his extradition Saturday.

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Before her death, Mbitu worked as a per diem nurse a BAMSI, an organization that works with people with disabilities, mental health and addiction challenges. The company spokesperson described the nurse as an “amazing individual” and “warm, caring and loved.” She had not been seen for two days before her body was found.

U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs, Kenyan authorities, the FBI’s Legal Attaché Office in Nairobi, the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service’s Boston Field Office and Regional Security office – Nairobi, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection assisted in the arrest and extradition of Kangethe.