Alvin Gitau and her Mother Lydia Njeri. Alvin went missing on October 17, 2025.

📋 Breaking It Down

For nearly a year, Lydia Njeri has been searching for her 17-year-old son Alvin Gitau, who disappeared while travelling home from Nguviu Boys High School in Embu.

She has searched hospitals, police stations and towns in different parts of the country, including Embu, Nyeri, Nakuru and Nairobi, but has found no trace of him.

Alvin left school on October 17, 2025, and never made it home.

📌 What You Need to Know

According to Ms Njeri, the last communication she had with her son was after he arrived in Embu town. He called her using another person’s phone and asked her to send him money for transport.

“When he arrived at the Embu bus station, he called me using someone else’s phone and asked me to send him bus fare. I sent him Sh500, expecting him to come home, but he never did,” Ms Njeri said.

Alvin Gitau, a student at Nguviu Boys High School in Embu County who went missing on October 17, 2025.

That evening, she assumed Alvin had gone to stay with her sister in Embu, as he had done during previous school breaks.

“When the days kept passing, I called my sister, only to be told he was not there,” she said.

The answer left the family with more questions about what had happened to the teenager between Embu town and home.

📰 Source: Nation Africa