CALERA, Ala. (WBMA) — One year after a 72-year-old man traveled from Kenya to Shelby County for his grandson’s graduation, his family and investigators are still searching for answers surrounding his mysterious disappearance.
Calera police held a news conference Thursday marking one year since Rueben Waithaka vanished after arriving in Alabama in May 2025.
Waithaka traveled from East Africa to Calera to attend his grandson’s graduation, but disappeared the day after arriving, according to investigators…