A young man has taken to microblogging platform, Twitter to celebrate after graduating from college.
The man simply known as Joshua Duarte, decided to mark his graduation by recreating an epic throwback photo of his first day at pre-kindergarten with his mum dropping him off.
He shared two images, one is the throwback, the other is the new one of him rocking the graduation gown and maintaining the same pose.
In the first image, taken in 1998, his mum could be seen holding his hand and bag, while the recent photo showed her holding his graduation hat as he knelt down to have a near-perfect replica of the first picture.
Joshua shared the photos as part of his entry into the How it started vs How It’s going trend.
Meet Edward Julius Mwai who was an only son raised by a single mother, and they lived just alone. He never met his father. He remembers that his mother was depressed and when he was 10 years old his mother succumbed to a sudden stroke and ahe died.
A neighbour informed his mother’s family of her demise and within a week his mother was buried in Nakuru cemetery. Edward’s 3 aunties, sisters abandoned him at the cemetery, immediately after the funeral. None of them were willing to take care of him so he went back home alone.
A week later, the landlord evicted him and confiscated all household items because his mother had rent arrears of 5 months.
Homeless and abandoned by his family he became a street boy. A children’s home took him in, educated him up to class 8, then kicked him out to the streets again. Edward went back to being a street boy, 14 years old, where he was introduced to peddling drugs including bhang, glue and ’tap tap . He had several encounters with the police, he was harassed, arrested and released severally because his young age made him appear Innocent.
He narrowly escaped death when vigilantes attacked him and his friend, for selling drugs. He incurred a ‘panga’ cut on his head but his friend was not so lucky, he lost his life. The incident, made him turn a new leaf, and he started doing legal jobs.
To date, Edward had never met the rest of his family. He is now transformed, born again christian and hopes to become a celebrated artist. He still doesn’t Understand why his family left him at the cemetery but says he has forgiven them just as God forgave him and would wish to reunite with them.
An 11-year-old Minnesota boy who had been shot five times was able to tell officers before he died that his mother’s boyfriend shot him and killed his mother and sister, according to criminal charges filed Tuesday.
Tekeith Jones, 26, was charged with three counts of second-degree intentional murder in the killings of D’Zondria Wallace, 30, her 13-year-old daughter La’Porsha and her 11-year-old son Ja’Corbie at their home in St Paul on Saturday.
Jones’ first court appearance was scheduled for Tuesday.
The complaint said D’Zondria was shot twice and La’Porsha was shot 10 times. Both were dead when officers arrived.
Ja’Corbie was still breathing and was taken to a hospital for an emergency surgery, but he did not survive.
Wallace’s nephew told the officers that Jones was his aunt’s ex-boyfriend and that he had been violent towards his aunt and he even fired a shot at her in the past.
According to the criminal complaint, Jones told police that he killed D’Zondria Wallace and her children to save them.
“Hell yeah, I saved them, they can go up there and be holy,” he told investigators at one point, according to the complaint.
The complaint identifies the victims by initials only, but family members have publicly released their names.
Prosecutors says police were called to an apartment in St Paul on Saturday afternoon by a 911 caller who said there were three people inside and there’s blood everywhere.
The first officer to arrive could only push the door open about a foot because La’Porsha was lying in front of it.
The officer squeezed inside and saw D’Zondria lying facedown on the couch. The boy was also facedown, but was breathing and making a gurgling noise.
First responder asked Ja’Corbie who shot him, and he replied, “Keith,” who he said was his mother’s boyfriend.
Wallace’s nephew told the police that Jones was his aunt’s ex-boyfriend but that he continued going to her house even after they broke up.
The nephew said he last saw Jones in December when Jones broke in through a kitchen window.
Jones swung D’Zondrai around and accused her of seeing other men, the complaint said.
Jones eventually calmed down but got mad the next day and shot his pistol at Wallace but missed, the nephew told police.
Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said in a statement: “My heart sinks to know that a mother and her two children were taken from us in such a senseless and violent way. We will do everything in our power to bring justice to the victims and our community in this case.”
SWAT officers arrested Jones in St Paul on Sunday. He told investigators that he had been in Minnesota for eight to 12 months and that he was carrying a gun for protection from the people who killed his brother a few months earlier.
The criminal complaint depicts a rambling interview in which Jones denied he killed no one, but also admitted to it, saying he shot Wallace before her children. Jones told the police that he’s not a monster and that he kissed all three of them.
He also said he was just trying to save them from feeling pain that he felt, according to the complaint.
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