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:

• 3:48 pm – Route 314 Location Stop Point: 60654 – King George Station Bay #1
• 4:10 pm – Route 316 Location Stop Point: 55065 – Eastbound on 100 Avenue at 128 Street
• 4:11 pm – Route 316 Location Stop Point: 55074 – Westbound on 100 Avenue at 129A Street
• 4:29 pm – Route 314 Location Stop Point: 55007 – Southbound on 124 Street at 96 Avenue
• 4:47 pm – Route R6   Location Stop Point: 54975 – Northbound on Scott Road at 92 Avenue
• 4:52 pm – Route 316 Location Stop Point: 54920 – Westbound on 96 Avenue at Scott Road
• 5:20 pm – Route 316 Location Stop Point 55055 – Northbound on 116 Street at 90 Avenue
• 6:26 pm – Route 319 Location Stop Point 55202 – Southbound on Scott Road at 93A Avenue

“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.

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.