If body is Yusuf Hussein's, where is Meshack Yebei?

Mourners carry the body of Yusuf Hussein to the Islamic Cemetery in Eldoret after it was released from the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary. DNA tests proved the body belonged to Yusuf. [PHOTO: KEVIN TUNOI/STANDARD]

ELDORET: The mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a man Deputy President William Ruto described as his 'critical witness' at the International Criminal Court (ICC) deepened after the body thought to be his turned out to be someone else's.

Thursday, police revealed DNA tests had shown that the body that was being contested by two families in Eldoret belongs to Yusuf Hussein, a matatu tout, from Chepsonoi in Nandi County.