When Maurice Otieno received a cryptic WhatsApp message from an unknown number claiming his missing son had been injured and hospitalised, he rushed to Nakuru Level Five Hospital with hope. What he didn’t know was that he was already too late.
Otieno’s 15-year-old son, Alvin Wambwa, had vanished from Flamingo Estate on June 29 after lunch with his family. “He said he was going to play with friends,” Otieno recalled. “He never came back.” After reporting the matter to Bondeni Police Station, the family scoured Nakuru and surrounding areas, launching an urgent search campaign that lasted nearly three weeks.
The breakthrough came on July 18, when the father received a WhatsApp message claiming Alvin had suffered a head injury in Free Area and had been taken to a local dispensary, then transferred to the referral hospital. But when he arrived, no one named Alvin appeared in the hospital records.
One entry stood out—a critically injured 17-year-old male admitted on July 2 by unknown Good Samaritans, with a head injury from an alleged fall. The boy died on July 7 and was recorded as “unknown.” The mortuary attendants led Mr Otieno to the body, where he identified his son by a unique mark on his thumb.
Shockingly, Alvin’s body had remained in the morgue for nearly two weeks while his family continued searching, unaware he had already passed away. The identity discrepancy and the delay in communication have left the family devastated.
As they prepare for burial, they are demanding answers. Who sent the message? Why was Alvin’s identity never confirmed earlier? What really happened in Free Area? The silence from authorities has left a growing number of questions, and a grieving family desperate for the truth.
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