Editor's Note: A few weeks ago, LetsRun.com co-founder Robert Johnson traveled to Kenya, spending two-plus weeks in the country. Over the next week or so, he will be providing a series of posts about the trip to give you insight into the country that is home to many of the world's greatest distance runners.

Post #1: Sammy Wanjiru Was Not Murdered - LetsRun.com Explains How One Can Get Locked Into A Bedroom In Kenya

Early on during my trip, I had breakfast with a prominent running journalist and asked him about the Sammy Wanjiru case. He confirmed to me what Wanjiru's agent had said as well and what the police had initially said as well - his death was an accident.

The journalist said that the murder innuendo was primarily the result of a few things.

1) Media members trying to sell papers - a possible murder of an Olympic champion is definitely a juicy story. This certainly seemed to be the case, as whenever I asked the average Kenyan person on the street about running, many of them seemed to know little about running but if I asked them specifically about Wanjiru, nearly everyone seemed to know he had died and many were wondering themselves if he'd been murdered.

2) Media members trying to cover the story from Nairobi and not from where his death actually took place.

3) Greed/craziness from Sammy's mother. Apparently, Sammy's money is controlled by a trust which a lot of different people help manage, but if the wife is implicated in Wanjiru's death, then that is one less person standing between Wanjiru's mom and the money.

In case you haven't realized it, Wanjiru's mother certainly hasn't come off looking good after his death, as at one point she literally took out a machete to prevent his burial. We know many people haven't seen the video, but it reveals a lot about the whole case and thus we list it below for you to watch.

We also have posted below our own video from Kenya. Many Americans reading about Wanjiru's death were perplexed by one key aspect. Some press reports indicated that Wanjiru got in a fight with his wife and then tried to jump off the balcony to go after her after he was locked into his own bedroom. When reading this, many American visitors had a simple question as this message board topic indicates: Can someone explain how you get locked IN a bedroom??