In my heart, I still think his disappearance was a spur-of-the-moment thing. In 2011, the family hired specialists to carry out a sonar scan of the River Thames. [2] He was last seen on CCTV leaving King's Cross station. Newer Post Older Post Home. He had a 100% attendance record at school. [62] The tone of the statement suggested that the police believed Gosden may be still alive. 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. Posted by 4 months ago. But nothing further has come of it. As well as featuring her case, the show delves into the story of Andrew Gosden. Andrew's last credible sighting was in Pizza Hut at around 12:00 but the witness said that he was alone at the time so he probably would not have met up with anyone straight away. I've looked through tons of photos from that night of people standing outside shows and they were all in jackets at the very least. When we found that he hadnt even been to school even tried to go to school that was even more worrying.. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. I know he had a bit of money on him but I'm sure he would still go for the cheaper food option. There were other sightings from as far as South Wales. at 10:15 AM. It was 2007, a lot of CCTV was still analogue, video tape and disk systems with limited storage, even digital systems have a wipe cycle, again 2007, technology was a lot more limited and storage expensive. The family believes the most plausible theory places him at Pizza Hut on Oxford Street on the . 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. the family say the most plausible place him at Pizza Hut on Oxford Street on September . The age progression image above shows what Andrew could look like today. He lived with his parents Kevin and Glenys, and his sister Charlotte in Balby, which is a suburb of Doncater, South Yorkshire in England. Andrews father has also described him as absent-minded, not streetwise and potentially vulnerable. Andrew was studying at McAuley Catholic High School at the time. [25](41 min 00 s) The police took the computers from Gosden's school and Doncaster Library but their digital forensic investigations found no trace of any activity by Gosden. [42] The Sony PSP 1000 had a DNAS authentication system allowing Sony to see when a PSP had connected to the internet. [35], On 11 January 2022, South Yorkshire Police said that on 8 December 2021, detectives had arrested two men, aged 38 and 45, on suspicion of kidnapping and human trafficking. [39] The CCTV image of Gosden leaving the main concourse at King's Cross was circulated in the media accompanied by a close up of his right ear, which has a distinctive double ridge. But I think if he family have reason enough to believe the Pizza Hut sighting to be genuine (They themselves went and spoke to the person who reported the sighting when it became clear the police weren't going to) then there must be something in it for them to have drawn the conclusion it was him. [4] Andrew Gosden's parents are both committed Anglican Christians, but had not baptised their children, as they did not want to impose their views on them. Children who are gay or lesbian are much more likely to run away than those who are heterosexual. [25](14 min 50 s) The family ate together as usual, and they all washed the dishes afterwards. He said, see you later and that was the last conversation that I ever had with him. You dont know that theyre dead so you cant let go and cant go through a grief process. I love going to restaurants by myself. Obviously this is all assuming the sighting was Andrew, which it might not be but I'm interested to know what you guys think. [9] The school believed that they had called Gosden's parents and left a message informing them that he had not attended school. He did not seem to socialize much outside of the school environment. He enjoyed reading, gaming and listening to music such as Slipknot, Muse and Funeral for a Friend. Andrew took part in the governments Young, Gifted & Talented Programme for high-achieving students. 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.. It piqued the familys interest because their nickname for Andrew as a kid was Roo. I think if it was him, and his family believes it was, that he was just hungry and saw his favorite food. It was only after they found him on CCTV that they were able to specify which T-Shirt (Slipknot). [6][52] In 2009, two possible sightings were reported, one outside the Natural History Museum, the other in a pub in Southend. [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. The Pizza Hut sighting was the day he left to London. [7] Gosden's family described him as a "home bird" who rarely left the house and never without saying where he was going. [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. Friday the 14th of September, 2007. "[38], Charlotte and Gosden's father, Kevin, scouted Gosden's route to school and areas nearby, but found nothing. Were there no CCTV footage or receipts/transactions from Pizza Hut? Obviously this is all assuming the sighting was Andrew, which it might not be but I'm interested to know what you guys think On another interview, Kevin mentioned that Andrew made chit chat with a stranger, a lady in Covent Garden. At the end of January 2022, police released another update. It is possible that if this sighting was correct, that Gosden may have been . Andrews father has said that he didnt think it was weird that Andrew only purchased a one-way ticket as he apparently knew many people in London that he could have stayed with. CCTV from commercial premises like restaurants, fast food places, shops. [14] Here he withdrew 200 from his bank account which was almost all of his money; he had 214 in the account, but the ATM would only allow withdrawals of 20 increments. The family say sometimes they would prefer to have found a body than deal with the agony of having no closure about whats happened to Andrew. 25 years after the MMR vaccine autism fraud, we're still dealing with the consequences, Parents jailed for manslaughter of daughter left to die in bedroom 'unfit for any animal', Remains of baby found in wooded area after search for Constance Marten and Mark Gordon's child, Stop blindly believing or dismissing the Covid lab-leak theory - focus on the evidence, Oxford and Cambridge ban ChatGPT over plagiarism fears but other universities embrace AI bot, Waspi legal action over state pension age 'a waste', says expert as it continues to raise cash, UK could mass vaccinate chickens to prevent bird flu spreading between humans, The Witch Trials of JK Rowling makes sensible points. He gave details of a possible sighting of Andrew Gosden in Shrewsbury in November 2008. CCTV still of the last confirmed sighting of Andrew Gosden at Kings Cross station. [11], After the initial CCTV trail went cold, the investigation moved on to trying to establish why Gosden had decided to go to London. I don't believe that nobody knows something, It just goes to show how the police messed up big time. I know he was deaf in one ear, I don't know if he wore a hearing aid or some hearing device. He was on the Young Gifted and Talented Programme, which was designed to enhance the educational development of the top five percent of school pupils, and he had been expected to score straight A's in his GCSE examinations. 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. The picture shows Andrew Gosden, who went missing from Doncaster in 2007, as a 26-year-old man without glasses. Learn how your comment data is processed. He was captured on his neighbours CCTV. Andrews family have said they have kept his room how they left it and they have never changed the locks because Andrew is thought to have taken his keys with him. Something went wrong though and they dialled the wrong number and left a message on the wrong persons phone. I have followed this case from day 1. He has not been seen by his family since. Gosden's father has also stated that he suspected that Gosden might have gone to London to do something for which he felt it was easier to seek forgiveness than ask permission. If i was 14 and got off a train at kings cross hungry with money id head straight to the McDonalds Directly opposite. You get cases like Madeline Mcann, Ben Needham were they get thousands to investigate. The pair were detained on 8 December 2021 on suspicion of kidnap and human trafficking following Andrew Gosden's 2007 disappearance. Its just so shocking because its completely out of the blue. [48] 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 Kings Cross) on the day he went missing. His family have said that Andrew was a home bird who never left the house without telling them where he was going. There was a sighting of a boy who looked like Andrew in Pizza Hut on Oxford Street later that day, and another later on in Covent garden which his parents believe are credible. Over the years, there have been dozens of unconfirmed sightings of Andrew from across the UK. It just seems endless to me. [63] This link was investigated by police but the person was not identified. The family believes the most plausible place him at Pizza Hut on Oxford Street on the day he went missing and later in Covent Garden. [13] Neville went on to state: "There is a canal nearby (Regents Canal). [14][13][15] The summer school was for children from all over the UK aged 1116 who were in the top 5% academically. In 2017, Andrew was the face of the charity Missing People for their Find Every Child. [20] He was a 'deep character' who did not get worked up or moody. 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. Two men . Andrew Paul Gosden was born on 10 July 1993. 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. [25](9 min 50 s), Speaking in 2009, Kevin Gosden speculated on the reason for Andrew's disappearance: "Did he decide to do the Reginald Perrin thing,[a] and reinvent himself? It was 15 years ago that South Yorkshire teenager Andrew Gosden, pictured, headed off from home, thought to be heading to school. We cannot imagine Andrew being cruel enough to stay away for all this time and never get us a message just to say he was okay, none of us can you know there just wasnt a shred of his personality that would make us think that he could do that and live with himself, so that perhaps makes us think is he dead?. The woman who reported the Covent Garden sighting was not interviewed for over 6 weeks. Something happened around that area from King's Cross by foot because he was not spotted at the London Underground. On December 8, 2021 a HUGE break was made in the case. [9] However, the BTP could not locate Gosden in the crowds, so SYP sent an officer to London to assist with the search; after this, Gosden was spotted. Gosden's disappearance has featured in several media broadcasts and publications: One of Gosden's favourite television programmes was, Last edited on 19 February 2023, at 05:18, CCTV footage from King's Cross station, 14 September 2007, Missing Children: Lorraine Kelly Investigates, "Missing youth Andrew Gosden feared dead", "Andrew Gosden: Arrested men still under investigation a year later", "No end to mystery on son's 16th birthday", "Missing children: 'Andrew, just tell us you're alive', "A perfect son, a model family so what made him run away? 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A subreddit dedicated to discussion of missing British teenager Andrew Paul Gosden . He was a home bird, they say, who rarely left the house, and never without saying where he was going. CCTV still of the last confirmed sighting of Andrew Gosden at Kings Cross station. 16th Sep 2022, 8:00am. One of Andrews favourite TV shows was The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, which is about a man who fakes his own death to start a new life. [17] Gosden exhibited no signs of depression and there were no indications that he had been subjected to bullying. The last time I had a complete nights sleep I can barely remember. It doesn't appear in any feeds, and anyone with a direct link to it will see a message like this one. In 2007 businesses had CCTV. Very interesting indeed. 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. [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. [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. [18][19], Gosden was said by his father to be absent-minded, not streetwise, and potentially vulnerable. Furthermore, according to Kevin Gosden, police did not follow up on potential sightings of Andrew, one placing the teenager at a Pizza Hut and one at Covent Garden. The person said their boyfriend had left them and they needed money to cover rent. [25](9 min 50 s) When the family discovered that he was not in the house, they initially thought he could be with a friend or a neighbour and had simply lost track of time. [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. 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