A suspect has been arrested in the death of Kenyan LGBTQ Rights activist and fashion designer Edwin Chiloba.

According to Reuters, police said Chiloba and Jacktone Odhiambo, his roommate, were "believed to have been in (a) close relationship.” Police claimed Odhiambo and four others "as per their statements, helped in moving, loading and probably dumping of the metallic box carrying the remains of the deceased from the vehicle.” All five are in custody and will be held for 21 days while police investigate. The suspects do not have lawyers and two were minors, Reuters reports.

According to CBS News, police say on Jan. 2  a motorcycle taxi operator spotted a vehicle with concealed license plates dumping a metal box on a road in Uasin Gishu County, close to where Chiloba, who was in his mid-20s, ran a fashion business. The taxi operator reported what he saw to officers who were dealing with a roadblock close by.

When officers opened the box, they discovered the decomposing body of a man who appeared to be wearing women’s clothing. Once identified as Chiloba’s body, his body was transported to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.

Kenya is under a “British colonial-era law.” Homosexuality is illegal in Kenya and can result in a 14-year prison stint.

After the arrests, Amnesty International Kenya said in a statement, “The killing of Edwin Chiloba exposes the rise in Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence experienced in Kenya.”