Family worried as 18-year-old UBC student remains missing [Video]

The family of a missing Surrey teen is growing more concerned – and more frustrated with the lack of progress on a police investigation – as the number of days since his disappearance grows.

Joseph Maku was last seen by his younger siblings outside their home on 130 Street near 96 Avenue on Oct. 22, according to his sister Brenda Maku.

Joseph had just returned from a run and told his siblings he was going out again and would be back, Brenda said.

“After that, he never returned,” she said.

An 18-year-old in his first semester of the kinesiology program at UBC, Joseph did not attend class on the day of his disappearance, Brenda said, adding that this led her to believe he wasn’t going anywhere that day.

She started to become concerned, she said, shortly after her mother – who works night shifts – left to go to work that evening.

“Suddenly, it’s midnight, and then …