DCI exhumes remains of former KVDA director who disappeared 12 years ago
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Homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have exhumed remains believed to be of former Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) Managing Director Engineer Silvenus Tubei
Homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have exhumed remains believed to be of former Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA) Managing Director Engineer Silvenus Tubei.
Tubei has been missing since September 12, 2012, when he vanished without a trace from his home in Kabiemit village, Tumeiyo in Keiyo South.
Detectives arrived on Thursday morning at the homestead after obtaining court orders on Wednesday, January 3, from a court in Eldoret to exhume the body and open investigations.
Family and friends gathered at the home of the missing former MD hoping for closure during the exercise which began at around 8.00 am.
The exercise was led by DCI detectives from Eldoret.
A gardener had days ago stumbled on a blanket buried in a shallow grave while trying to dig out of the ground and discovered an adult human skeleton.
Tubei’s clothes, believed to be the ones he wore on the day he disappeared, were also found buried together with the blanket.
The family was prompted to inform the police after a skull was found in the shallow grave.
DCI officers cordoned off the area and secured the crime scene before moving to court to obtain orders for exhumation.
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The authorities transferred the collected remains to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital morgue, where a DNA test will be done to determine if the remains belong to Tobei.
Investigations into his disappearance have yet to resume, and police were hopeful that the DNA tests and autopsy reports will aid them to determine the way forward.
Two main suspects in the disappearance case, Tobei’s estranged wife and another individual, were released after the prosecution cited a lack of evidence.
Police had arrested the wife after she was found in possession of the deceased’s mobile phone.
Tubei, who was the first Managing Director at the KVDA, oversaw the construction of the multi-billion Turkwel Dam, and the construction of the corporation’s 14-storey headquarters in Eldoret.
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