On Saturday, May 20, a basketball coach, Makuach Yak, went missing
The Delray Beach police are attempting to hunt down any clue that will lead to Yak.
Who is Makuach Yak missing AAU basketball coach, bio, age, family, update news and photo
The 30-year-old basketball coach, Makuach Yak, was last seen on Saturday morning. According to the agency, he walked away from his home in the 300 block of Southwest 10th Avenue. They shared the missing detail on Twitter and urged people to reach out to law enforcement with any leads.
-MISSING PERSON-Delray Beach police are trying to locate 30-year old Makuach Yak, who walked away from his home Saturday in the 300-block of SW 10th Avenue. If you see him, please call the DBPD at 561-243-7800. pic.twitter.com/n2stK1Qff8
— Delray Beach Police (@DelrayBeachPD) May 21, 2023
A friend of Yak’s confirmed that he went for a run before going to coach the AAU team. He was also expected to be at a basketball tournament on the weekend but never made it to the game.
According to the police’s confirmed description, he is 6’4’’ and 165 pounds and was wearing workout clothes at the time of his disappearance. He left his phone, wallet, and Apple Watch. According to his family, he always wore that.
Who is Makuach Yak?
Yak hails from South Sudan and is one of the beloved seventh-grade travel basketball coaches in Boca Raton. His family moved to the States from Sudan when he was 8. He later became a distance runner.
When he’s not coaching seventh graders in Florida, he works to build basketball courts in East Africa.
The Joint Search Efforts Taken By Friends and Family
Yak’s friends and family came forward in search of him. They spent a whole day handing out flyers and urging neighbours to check their security cameras.
One of his friends said, “I am most worried that something did happen to him, you hear crazy things nowadays. It is a very tough situation to swallow or to even have that thought in someone’s head.”
Yak’s Roommate Dropped Him Home Before He Went Missing
Makuach Yak was dropped off at his family’s Delray Beach residence on Saturday at about midnight, according to Delray Beach police. Yak’s friend and roommate, identified as VanRoekel, told him that when he came back a few hours later, his best friend had vanished from their shared home.
VanRoekel claimed that he returned to the house at about 8 a.m. for pickup on Saturday and discovered Yak’s phone, wallet, and keys still in the same location next to his Apple watch.
If you’re in Delrey Beach, Florida please head out tomorrow if you can help find my friend Makuach Yak, aka Paul. If not please retweet so we can get him back to us safely!! pic.twitter.com/XHFO8r2JxM
— 🦒Aliya J’mari (@aliyajmari) May 22, 2023
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