Year passes since Kenyan grandfather in Shelby County for graduation vanished: ‘I need to know what happened’

Thursday will mark one year since 72-year-old Reuben Waithaka arrived in Alabama from Nairobi to attend the high school graduation of his first-born grandson.

Waithaka spent less than 24 hours with his family in Calera when, the following day, he walked out of the house never to be seen or heard from again.

“That was it,” said his son, Willie Barua. “To this day, I’ve never seen my dad again.”…

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