World Notes

It took more than two years of private investigation and $396,000 of his personal fortune. But last week when two rangers from Masai Mara National Park were charged with the murder of his daughter Julie, John Ward made a major breakthrough in his quest for justice. The disappearance of the 28-year-old woman in the game park in September 1988 became a cause celebre in the British press. After her mutilated and burned remains were found by Ward, who was accompanied by park rangers, Kenyan authorities said she had been eaten by wild animals. But Ward, the owner of a hotel chain, refused to accept the official verdict and uncovered evidence that his daughter had been hacked to death. He then went on to conduct his own probe to find the killers.

Accused are Jonah Tajeu Magiroi, 28, and Peter Metui Kipeen, 26, who police now believe took Julie Ward into their rangers' camp after her Suzuki four- wheel-drive vehicle broke down in the park. Investigators think that radio trouble kept the men from calling for assistance and that she stayed with them for about a week on friendly terms before an altercation led to her murder. John Ward is expected to be a witness at the trial.