98% Upvoted. CCTV still of the last confirmed sighting of Andrew Gosden at Kings Cross station. Andrew then withdrew 200 of the214 in his bank account and bought his London ticket. But I think we should be more thankful of the sighting instead of trying to pick it apart. [71] Kevin Gosden thanked the public for their support and said the family did not know any more than what had been released in the police statement. But with180,000 reported disappearances each year in the UK, many are never found and families can feel their appeals become forgotten over time. He lived with his parents Kevin and Glenys, and his sister Charlotte in Balby, which is a suburb of Doncater, South Yorkshire in England. Andrew Gosden would now be 20 years old. When we found that he hadn't even been to school even tried to go to school that was even more worrying. Ive not heard anymore about them. They question how the CCTV trail could have gone cold when Britain is one of the most watched nations in the world. I dont think I have heard Kevin say that, do you recall where you heard it? The family believes the most plausible theory places him at Pizza Hut on Oxford Street on the day he went . [49][44] Gosden was reportedly seen getting off a local train from Waterloo at Mortlake station on 19 September 2007 (five days after he disappeared) then possibly walking up Sheen Lane and along Upper Richmond Road. [22] Gosden had light brown hair but was planning to dye it black before he disappeared. However, there was no evidence for this. In September 2009, the family released age-progressed images of what Gosden might look like aged sixteen, to mark the second year of his disappearance. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Teenage boys eat a lot. The South Yorkshire force said it asked British Transport Police (BTP) to search the CCTV footage within two days of Andrew going missing, but BTP could not pick him out from the crowds. But only Charlotte emerged from her room when the shout went out that dinner was ready. There's documentaries and interviews. [24][25](1 h 00 min 30 s), During the 2007 school summer holidays (typically July to September[26]), Gosden's parents had suggested that he travel alone to London to stay with his grandmother but he chose not to go. Andrew Paul Gosden (born 10 July 1993)[1] disappeared from Central London on 14 September 2007 when he was aged 14. A mystery caller reported a sighting of the youngster through a police intercom box at Leominster Station in 2008 but left before . Press J to jump to the feed. His parents and Charlotte thought that Andrew was in the cellar of their home, gaming. If it was Andrew, it would be easy to see how hed take the short walk over to Covent Garden and perhaps look around over there too, or visit shops etc. The Gosden family live in Balby, a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. On another interview, Kevin mentioned that Andrew made chit chat with a stranger, a lady in Covent Garden. . CCTV still of the last confirmed sighting of Andrew Gosden, 14, at Kings Cross station who disappeared on . Both men had been released pending further investigation and they both had devices seized from them. On September 14, 2007 which was a Friday, the family were about to sit down for dinner. One was from Monday 17 September, and he was also apparently sighted the following day, sleeping in a park. But if you take this sighting into possible consideration as accurateI think the ones of him in warmer clothes need to be as well. I think Andrew was taken by 2 men that day. It took police three days to confirm that Andrew had travelled to London. He said, see you later and that was the last conversation that I ever had with him. [68][69] Both men have been released under investigation while enquiries continue. Gosden's family believe the most plausible sighting to be one which placed Gosden at the Pizza Hut on Oxford Street (2.6 miles (4 km), 1 hour's walk from . He gave details of a possible sighting of Andrew Gosden in Shrewsbury in November 2008. To mark the 10 year anniversary, police made some more appeals. Thirty Seconds to Mars played at the Brixton academy on the night he disappeared, and SikTh played a show at the Carling Academy. As I recall, the "sighting" had him sitting on his own. I would be interested to listen/read what he said. [50] On 19 September, it was reported that he appeared to have obtained warmer clothes. Andrews family and the police started to look into the possibility that Andrew had gone to London to meet someone who he had met online. It was originally scheduled to be held at 4pm (Weird time) and was a unique event as it was going to be the last show with the bands original vocalist. Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children with exercise bands, The mysterious vanishing of Nicola Bulley, Missing men - Bryce Borca, Dr Bolek Payan, George Musser and Teddy Egge, The Missing, Murdered and Reunited of Runaway Train, Murder by Neglect - the deaths of Lacey Fletcher and Valerie Wallach, Jennifer Fairgate and her briefcase of bullets. But, even after all these years, the family still cling to the hope Andrew might one day walk through the front door. 58 comments. The night of his disappearance, Thirty Seconds to Mars played the Brixton Academy[25](45 min 50 s) and SikTh played a rescheduled farewell show at the Carling Academy. However, the school dialled the number of the parents either above or below Gosden in the register and the message was left on the wrong person's phone. [6][13], Gosden was interested in video games and metal bands. It was 15 years ago that South Yorkshire teenager Andrew Gosden, pictured, headed off from home, thought to be heading to school. Kevin says he is shocked that more CCTV footage of Andrew in one of the worlds most surveilled cities doesnt exist. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. No other possessions were identified as missing. i has contacted South Yorkshire police for comment. Kevin has said there were 2 or 3 sightings in the first week that seemed credible. Andrew Gosden (born 10 July 1993) is an English teenager who went missing following an unexplained journey to London, England. If he is gay, we do not have any issue with it, he is loved unconditionally by both my wife and I and his sister.. Andrew has been described by his family as a quiet, gentle and extremely intelligent boy. Obviously this is all assuming the sighting was Andrew, which it might not be but I'm interested to know what you guys think It was an entirely . His school shirt and trousers were in the washing machine. Andrew Gosden was last seen on CCTV at King's Cross train station in London Two men arrested after a Doncaster boy vanished in London 15 years earlier remain under investigation, police say. Well quite - or the Burger King diagonally opposite. She told police she had spoken to a boy and said that he looked like a child she had seen on TV that was missing. Or Hospital Scapegoat? Andrew took part in the governments Young, Gifted & Talented Programme for high-achieving students. This was the last known sighting of Deely. His father said they have no idea why he would want to leave. [9] The school believed that they had called Gosden's parents and left a message informing them that he had not attended school. [44] A woman reported a potential sighting Gosden on 17 October (a month after he disappeared) in Covent Garden: she spoke to a boy and stated that he looked like a boy she had seen on TV that was missing, but the boy denied that he was Gosden. [13] He was given a new phone for his twelfth birthday, but also rarely used this and did not want to replace it when he lost it months before his disappearance. [61] A statement on the South Yorkshire Police Facebook page said police were, or had been, investigating requests for similar optical prescriptions to Gosden's, requesting documents from the Passport Office or National Insurance and circulating Gosden's DNA, fingerprints, and dental and health records. [21] His teachers characterised him as a shy, quiet young man who was mature beyond his years. But Kevin says he can empathise if Andrew is alive and finds it hard to reach out. This seems weird to me but his family had an early theory that he went to London to see the sights. There were some reported sightings of Andrew at a Pizza Hut and at Covent Garden but the police were slack to follow these leads up. By the time the sighting was reported and CCTV footage requested it had been taped over. I went to school with a lot of kids who were deaf and they could talk but they would lip read or sign as well. The father of a young teenage boy who vanished after buying a train ticket to London 15 years ago told how he "can't afford to lose hope" on the anniversary of his disappearance. He had owned phones in the past but had lost them. There were numerous reported sightings of Gosden on the day - including at a Pizza Hut restaurant a mile away from King's Cross. He was seen by a family friend. Neither the Shrewsbury sighting, nor whether it was the same man on both occasions (and if so why he did not wait at the police station), have ever been confirmed. But nothing further has come of it. He could of been from Doncaster or around that area and either promised Andrew a lift home or to get the train back with him. Over the years, there have been dozens of unconfirmed sightings of Andrew from across the UK. Reportedly, police did not talk . It is often presumed to be midday. He didn't take a friend, it's not known for sure he had planned to meet anyone so I mean eating alone is because well ya gotta eat. By the time that Andrew had been missing for one year, 122 possible sightings had been recorded. A subreddit dedicated to discussion of missing British teenager Andrew Paul Gosden, who bought a one-way ticket to London in September 2007, and was spotted on CCTV at King's Cross railway station and then never seen again. He then walked to Doncaster railway station and purchased a one-way ticket to London which cost 31.40. [40], Days after the disappearance, the family travelled to London and handed out flyers and posters in the vicinity of anywhere they felt Gosden would have had an interest in visiting, especially museums and exhibitions. Cheesecake does it for me. Andrew Gosden was born on July 10, 1993, to his parents, Kevin and Glenys Gosden, who both worked as speech therapists in Balby a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. More than 11 years on, his loved ones are no nearer to finding out what happened to him. [67], Gosden's family have kept his room as he left it and have not changed the locks on the house as Gosden was known to have taken his key. eyewitnesses started coming forward sharing alleged sightings. As I recall, the "sighting" had him sitting on his own. At the end of January 2022, police released another update. Interview everybody again, use fresh eyes. We will provide proactive updates as soon as we have them.. [28] Gosden's sister has stated that he did not seem interested in social media or connecting with other people through the Internet as he "just didn't seem social". 16th Sep 2022, 8:00am. [60] The following year, to mark the tenth anniversary of his disappearance, the charity Missing People made Gosden the face of their 'Find Every Child' campaign, with Gosden featuring on billboards and advertisements throughout the UK. It resulted in the discovery of a body, though it wasnt Andrews. I don't like the connotations of pizza hut, considering it's links with paedophilia /pederasts,i think the only reason a 14 year old would go there is if a grown up was going to be paying. Someone offered to send them money and Andy Roo said they did not have a bank account as they left home when they were 14. Police looked into this but the person has never been identified. [11], After the initial CCTV trail went cold, the investigation moved on to trying to establish why Gosden had decided to go to London. It is natural. Kevin said the morning his son left for school was just like any other. [46] Mick Neville, retired head of the Metropolitan Police's Central Images Unit, believed the SikTh theory to be plausible. Back in Doncaster,it was the family who found CCTV of Andrew walking to the train station on the morning he went missing from a neighbours house, according to Kevin. He had been there many times with family members and he enjoyed going to museums and exhibitions. Having got the 9.35am train, he was captured on Kings Cross CCTV at 11.25am. Very interesting indeed. The man spoke to an officer via the intercom and said he had information about Andrew. It is also possible he may have dyed his hair a different colour or . When Andrew did not show up at school, his teachers did try to contact his parents. [25](53 min 30 s), In June 2018, the Gosden family said that someone had reported an online conversation with a person with the user name 'Andy Roo' who claimed that their boyfriend had left them and they needed 200 to cover rent. They had not baptised their children though as they didnt want to impose their views on them. It was just a complete panic. [39] The ticket seller at Doncaster station remembered Gosden because he had refused a return ticket, despite it only costing a small amount more than a single. Lucy Letby- Killer Nurse? After the BBC featured the case onThe One Show, the programme received an anonymous letter from someone claiming to be the man from Leominster Police Station. I could understand him going there if he was meeting someone, but that doesn't seem the case, even in the slim chance it was him. This was his usual routine and wouldnt have been out of the ordinary. [29] Instead of taking the school bus, Gosden diverted from his usual route and walked to a cash machine at a local garage. . The ticket seller later told police that she told Andrew that a return ticket was only 50 pence more but that he said he only wanted the one-way ticket. [26][11] In the days leading up to his disappearance, Gosden twice chose to break his normal routine; his parents reported that he told them he walked home from school rather than taking the school bus. His family have said that he did not use the computer at home (the only computer belonged to his sister and she had only had it for 8 weeks), and that he had no online accounts for either his Xbox or PSP. But he must have been there at that time because he went to pizza hut which is on Oxford Street. [25](5 min 55 s) The midday temperature in London on that day was 19C (66F) (peaking at 21C (70F) at 4pm) which is considered to be warm weather in the UK. We initially thought something must have happened on the way to school. She said that was unusual for him. I can't understand why. Certain things were correct in the scenario and gives us a greater knowledge of how far away he got. By the time youve read this article, two people will have gone missing. 2021 Associated Newspapers Limited. There were other sightings from as far as South Wales. In December 2021, detectives investigating the case arrested two men on suspicion of kidnap and human trafficking in relation to Gosden's disappearance. ", By sound of it, not much was followed up. His last confirmed sighting was captured on CCTV as he exited the train station. [70] The following day, it was announced that numerous devices had been seized from the men for forensic investigation, which police said could take six months to a year. Police later appealed for him to get back in touch. You know, and say I am alive and well again, sorry for the decade plus of hell but I am okay.. [6], The evening before the day of the disappearance was described by Gosden's father as uneventful. [54] Subsequently, an individual claiming to be the man at the police station wrote anonymously to the BBC after it featured the case on The One Show. Vanished: Heidi Broussard (33) and Margot Carey (2wks). The problem is what it doesn't say, Isabel Oakeshotts betrayal of Matt Hancock is the final nail in the coffin for trust in media, My mother has Alzheimer's - these are 10 foods we both eat to protect brain health, Ed Davey: 'We are locked out of my learning disabled son's savings - the Government won't help', Gavin Williamson claimed teachers were 'looking for an excuse to avoid teaching' during Covid, Isabel Oakeshott rejects claims she broke legal agreement by publishing Matt Hancock messages, Do not sell or share my personal information. Even if he wasn't meeting anyone, he might have chosen Pizza Hut, Oxford Street to have lunch before going elsewhere. Its just so shocking because its completely out of the blue.. [42] The Sony PSP 1000 had a DNAS authentication system allowing Sony to see when a PSP had connected to the internet. "[35], Gosden's family were critical of the police's decision to concentrate on investigating the family rather than requesting CCTV footage beyond Kings Cross during the initial stages of the investigation. Every day since his happy, bright son Andrew went missing aged 14, he has struggled to keep going. [25](3 min 30 s), At home, Gosden placed his uniform in the washing machine and his blazer on the back of his chair. Campaign. It is a daily struggle every morning for me to feel like I want to be alive. [39] That weekend, the police searched the bushes near the Gosdens' home in Doncaster, but found nothing. His parents are said to be committed Anglican Christians. When we found that he hadnt even been to school even tried to go to school that was even more worrying.. Police believed that Andrew may have been travelling to attend the SikTh show and they appealed for anyone who had attended the gig and may have photos of Andrew in the background to come forward. It just seems odd to me if he did arrange in advance to meet someone that he would eat lunch in a restaurant on his own. His parents found his passport in the home after he vanished, as well as 100 pounds in cash that he had saved up. There have also been sightings in Plymouth, South Wales, Southend and Birkenhead. I have followed this case from day 1. He did not seem to take the charger for the PSP, and he didnt take a coat or sweater either. I think he would have gone either way as it was nearly 12pm when he arrived in London so was probably hungry when he got there teenage boys are always hungry..he was apparently sighted in Pizza HutI still cant believe for all the stores and roads in london the cameras didnt see him anywhere past the train station exit..horrible lazy police investigation so much more could have been done. Before leaving on the train, Andrew withdrew $200 from his bank account . Andrews father has described South Yorkshire Polices handling of the investigation as slow, chaotic and disorganised. In 2011, the family hired specialists to carry out a sonar scan of the River Thames. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The person offered him money, and was told he didnt have a bank account because hed left home when he was 14. In 2008, a man showed up at a police station in Hertfordshire, England, saying he had information on the Andrew Gosden disappearance. [1][58] No trace of Gosden was found during the search, though it did find another body.[59]. I agree. They began calling around and discovered that Andrew had not been to school that day. I fear there will be no final end to this case. He excelled at all of his classes and held a lot of . Could of taken him around Soho or anywhere. This lead was investigated by the family with help from HIM, but it did not produce any meaningful leads.
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