US and Kenyan authorities are searching for the killer of a Kenyan-American woman found dead at the Boston Logan International Airport in Massachusetts.

Police said that they found the brutally wounded body of Margaret Mbitu, 31, in the passenger seat of a car parked at the airport.

The primary suspect is Ms Mbitu's partner, Kevin Kangethe, who is believed to have fled to Kenya after abandoning her body at the airport.

Ms Mbitu's mother told the Boston 25 News channel that she had been attempting to end her relationship with Mr Kangethe.

Ms Mbitu had been last seen alive when she left her workplace on Monday