CCTV captures final moments of missing Kenya High student Joy Wanjiru with unidentified man

The family of Joy Wanjiru, a 16-year-old Kenya High School student, has been searching for her for ten days. Surveillance footage from Karatina, Nyeri county, has provided critical clues regarding her disappearance. The footage shows Wanjiru in the company of an unidentified man, walking towards the Ragati River bridge on the day she vanished. Wanjiru's day began with her boarding a matatu in Nairobi at 11:15 am, heading to Skuta. Her mother, Esther Githigia, stated that the matatu driver confirmed Wanjiru arrived in Nyeri town around 2:30 pm, but she did not alight at her usual Skuta stage, instead continuing to Nyeri town. CCTV footage from Gyakairo Estate at approximately 5:12 pm shows Wanjiru dressed in a grey skirt, white blouse, and brown shoes, with a bag. Eyewitnesses reported seeing her retrace her steps. At 6:37 pm, she was seen on camera near River Ragati, walking towards Karatina town, still carrying her bag. Nine minutes later, at 6:46 pm, Wanjiru appeared on camera without her bag and accompanied by an unidentified man, heading towards the Ragati River bridge. The man walked ahead of her as they approached the bridge. Wanjiru's first bag was recovered near this stretch of the Ragati River on April 2, the day after she disappeared. Railway location chief Dadson Ithiru has been leading search operations in Karatina.