Family claims features on body at Voi mortuary resemble Meshack Yebei's

Lilian Yebei, the wife of ICC witness Meshak Yebei, pathologists and detectives follow proceedings as family spokesman Rev Moses Kisorio (left) address journalists outside the Voi Referal Hospital after she positively identified the body of her husband.  [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

The family of Meshack Yebei, the missing International Criminal Court (ICC) witness, have claimed that the body, which has been lying at the Voi Moi Referral Hospital mortuary in Taita-Taveta County since December last year is his.

It was the second time in two months that the family was making the startling claims. However, they said that although they are “92 per cent” sure from physical examination of the corpse that it belongs to Yebei, they will wait for a DNA test from tissue samples taken from the corpse yesterday, that is expected to be released after ten days.