Missing teen rode Surrey bus routes for hours before disappearing: RCMP

Police have issued more details Friday about the last sightings of a Surrey teen, missing for over two weeks.

Eighteen-year-old Joseph Maku was reported missing on Oct. 23 after he was last seen on Oct. 22 near the intersection of 130 Street and 96 Avenue.

In a news release Friday, the Surrey RCMP Missing Persons Unit says investigators have determined that Joseph boarded a number of transit buses that day between 3:50 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Police have mapped his journey, noting that he stayed mainly between 120 Street and King George Boulevard. 

Joseph reportedly took the following bus trips:

“Police are sharing a new photo of Joseph as well as a map of the bus routes and locations where he boarded buses that afternoon. We are asking anyone who may have been travelling on those buses, to call Surrey RCMP if they recall seeing Joseph Maku that day,” said Sgt. Tammy Lobb.

CCTV images of the missing Surrey 18-year-old
(Courtesy Surrey RCMP)

He is described as a 6’5″, 200-pound Black man, with black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a black hoodie with ‘GAP’ written in white text on the front, black North Delta Huskies basketball shorts, and black and white basketball shoes at the time of his disappearance.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Joseph is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 and quote file 2024-157805.