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. . 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. Didn't they say the pizza(ham and pineapple)that Andrew ordered was what he normally got or was his fav?? Vanished: Heidi Broussard (33) and Margot Carey (2wks). Police are convinced that the man at the bank's gate was the exact one that followed Deely home. 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. He gave details of a possible sighting of Andrew Gosden in Shrewsbury in November 2008. The Mystery of Missing People: A 5 News Tonight Special airs tonight on Channel 5 at 6.30pm. There were numerous reported sightings of Gosden on the day - including at a Pizza Hut restaurant a mile away from King's Cross. The man spoke to an officer via the intercom and said he had information about Andrew. The age progression image above shows what Andrew could look like today. It takes about 40 minutes to walk to Oxford Street, why not use the underground? He liked reading his favorite books were The Lord of the Rings and the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. My guess is that whoever he was meeting is responsible for his disappearance. As far as reciepts and transactions, the person could have been anybody as names or any person is requested to buy pizza and it can be bought with cash. "[57], In May 2011, the family paid a private company to conduct a sonar search of the River Thames, using the same technology that is used to locate victims and objects at sea. The Carling Academy is within walking distance from Kings Cross station. It was just a complete panic. My son vanished on a gap year trip 29 years ago but I still think about it every day. [11], After the initial CCTV trail went cold, the investigation moved on to trying to establish why Gosden had decided to go to London. 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. He planned to attend Cambridge University. [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. Maybe 5pm. Years later, in 2017, Charlotte spoke to the media about discovering that Andrew was missing. According to civil rights group Liberty, the country has5.9 million CCTV cameras. [6] Gosden wore strong prescription glasses, is deaf in his left ear, and has a distinctive double ridge on his right ear. In one he says there was an alleged sighting of Andrew in Pizza Hut Oxford street later on in the day he went missing. I truly believe he was at one of those concerts and would of needed extra clothes. His parents are said to be committed Anglican Christians. Find a store. I think if it was him, and his family believes it was, that he was just hungry and saw his favorite food. "[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. Andrew was 14-years-old when he went missing on September 14, 2007, from Balby in Doncaster after he left home for school. Kevin said: We are a pretty open family so have wondered if he was gay or struggling with his sexual identity and found it too awkward to raise. He was captured on his neighbours CCTV. Andrews parents have said that in the days before his disappearance, he did break his usual routine twice (he was only 8 days into the new school year at the time he vanished). Andrew Paul Gosden was born on 10 July 1993. I know he was deaf in one ear, I don't know if he wore a hearing aid or some hearing device. Alan Murray who was sitting on a bench in the park. James and Michelle Butler: The Senseless Murder of 21-Year-Navy Veteran and Wife. Obviously this is all assuming the sighting was Andrew, which it might not be but I'm interested to know what you guys think [57], Kevin Gosden said: "We are a pretty open family so have wondered if he was gay or struggling with his sexual identity and found it too awkward to raise. It is also entirely possible the person met him at Pizza Hut, but we may never know. He enjoyed playing computer games and he enjoyed his music: Slipknot, Muse and Funeral for a Friend were among his favourite bands. It's not confirmed it was really him. He had owned phones in the past but had lost them. They also checked National Insurance for any activity. Kevin says he is shocked that more CCTV footage of Andrew in one of the worlds most surveilled cities doesnt exist. It was quickly established that he had not taken his passport with him. CCTV still of the last confirmed sighting of Andrew Gosden at Kings Cross station. [25](3 min 30 s), At home, Gosden placed his uniform in the washing machine and his blazer on the back of his chair. He then walked to Doncaster railway station and purchased a one-way ticket to London which cost 31.40. It took three days and a witness at Doncaster Train station, a ticket seller to come forward, realising that it was Andrew, she had sold a one way ticket to London Kings Cross on the day he went missing before anyone knew to even look in London. But nothing further has come of it. In 2017, Andrew was the face of the charity Missing People for their Find Every Child. He also took his wallet, keys, and a PlayStation Portable console. [25](12 min 00 s), The South Yorkshire Police (SYP) said it asked British Transport Police (BTP) to search the CCTV footage within two days of Gosden going missing, but BTP could not pick him out from the crowds. If I was left to figure out what my son was wearing from what was left in his room I couldn't say for sure that I could. 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. It is also possible he may have dyed his hair a different colour or . HoweverI still think the location was nothing more than the closest place to eat, and as for eating alone, again I think that was simply because he was out alone. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had an evening out on the town! Gosden spent an hour making a jigsaw with his father. The more time he spent in London on his own the more opportunity there is for something to go wrong. He wore strong prescription glasses and is deaf in his left ear. He was also very confident in using public transport in the city. See you later, have a good day never saw him again., He just seemed completely his usual self. You get cases like Madeline Mcann, Ben Needham were they get thousands to investigate. at 10:15 AM. Boys have gone missing in the 60s, 80s with no CCTV. It is on Oxford Street if he was going to the PSP-1000 launch that day, or seeing a performance in theatreland nearby where he was also sighted. [21] His teachers characterised him as a shy, quiet young man who was mature beyond his years. 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. You know, and say I am alive and well again, sorry for the decade plus of hell but I am okay.. In 2011, the family hired specialists to carry out a sonar scan of the River Thames. Over the years, there have been dozens of unconfirmed sightings of Andrew from across the UK. 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] 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. Dad Kevin Gosden, 56, has paid tribute to his missing son Andrew Gosden who disappeared without a trace in September 2007. Initial searches in London focused on the Chislehurst and Sidcup areas, where the Gosden family have relatives. This was a 4 mile or 6.4km journey that would have taken him around 80 minutes, one way, to walk. On that day, Gosden left his home in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, withdrew 200 from his bank account and bought a one-way ticket to London from Doncaster station. 78. Read More If he really wanted a Pizza Hut pizza, he would have walked past 3 or 4 before getting to the Oxford Circus one. His parents and Charlotte thought that Andrew was in the cellar of their home, gaming. Kevin said the morning his son left for school was just like any other. His school shirt and trousers were in the washing machine. By the time youve read this article, two people will have gone missing. [11] Gosden's father said there were two or three sightings within the first week of the disappearance that seemed credible, partly because of the way the witnesses claimed Gosden spoke to them. 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. 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. [8] Gosden was known to his family as 'Roo'. 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. 2. level 2. Gosden's family considered the possibility that Gosden could have been struggling with his sexual orientation. Press J to jump to the feed. As a result, it harmed efforts to retrieve footage from the surrounding area. The Gosden family father Kevin, mother Glenys, sister Charlotte and Andrew were about to sit down to eat together on the evening of Friday 14 September 2007. [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. 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. [41], The family and the police investigated the possibility that Gosden had gone to London to meet someone whom he had met over the Internet. The report said that Kevin thought the manner of speaking did sound like Andrew and, along with the description of the boy, the family thought this sighting the most credible. Andrew Gosden (born 10 July 1993) is an English teenager who went missing following an unexplained journey to London, England. He says from the description of how he behaved and spoke etc he feels that it was Andrew but the police never followed it up until 6 weeks later. [6], At the time of his disappearance, Gosden was eight days into the new school year after returning from the summer holidays. [25](12 min 00 s) Gosden also left around 100 in cash that he had saved up from birthdays. "[38], Charlotte and Gosden's father, Kevin, scouted Gosden's route to school and areas nearby, but found nothing. 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. No comments: Post a Comment. He withdrew 200 from his bank account, bought a one-way train ticket to . Lol, I find it more interesting as it suggests he spent some time alone and didn't immediately meet someone once be got off the train. When we found that he hadn't even been to school even tried to go to school that was even more worrying. The family believes the most plausible theory places him at Pizza Hut on Oxford Street on the . [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. You dont know that theyre dead so you cant let go and cant go through a grief process. Yeah, specifically I think it was their description of his mannerisms that made the family think the sighting was credible. 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 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. An officer was later sent to London to review the footage, and Andrew was then spotted. 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. 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 . This seems weird to me but his family had an early theory that he went to London to see the sights. He arrived in kings cross about 11.20am. [7] Gosden's family described him as a "home bird" who rarely left the house and never without saying where he was going. [45] Travel on buses was free for children at the time of Gosden's disappearance. They are believed to be the first arrests made in connection to Gosden's disappearance. [6] When his parents offered to replace the lost mobile phones he stated that he would prefer a new Xbox instead. As of October 2022, Andrew remains missing. 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[25](43 min 30 s), A year after Gosden's disappearance, the head teacher at McAuley Catholic High School, Mary Lawrence, travelled to London with staff and pupils and distributed 15,000leaflets. [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. I would really like a source for the time of this sighting. This lead was investigated by the family with help from HIM, but it did not produce any meaningful leads. His father has said that the night before Andrew left was uneventful. We are in close contact with them and they ask that their privacy is respected as our investigation continues. Andrews father has also described him as absent-minded, not streetwise and potentially vulnerable. 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. Have never heard this before. According to the charity Missing People, someone is reported as missing every 90 seconds. [62] The police undertake annual checks on John Does in hospital. Andrew was very into music and his family looked into concerts that were happening in London at the time that he might have traveled to attend. [23], Gosden owned a couple of mobile phones between the ages of ten and twelve but he rarely used them and subsequently lost them. [68][69] Both men have been released under investigation while enquiries continue. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. [62] The tone of the statement suggested that the police believed Gosden may be still alive. I have followed this case from day 1. I don't think skipping breakfast has been mentioned, only that he left for school in his uniform on time that morning. He just seemed completely his usual self, said Kevin. I know he had a bit of money on him but I'm sure he would still go for the cheaper food option. You need to eat and be warm. Detective Inspector Andy Knowles said: Our priority at this time is supporting Andrews family while we work through this new line of enquiry in the investigation. His sister also said that Andrew was lying in and she had to wake him, and his mum said he was grumpy. I find it peaceful. His family have said that Andrew was a home bird who never left the house without telling them where he was going. Go over everything again. I'm mystified as to why he'd go to that Pizza Hut. It is a daily struggle every morning for me to feel like I want to be alive. [8], An article in The Times written on the first anniversary of Gosden's disappearance reported that, at that time, 122 possible sightings had been reported from all over Britain: with 45 from London and 11 from Brighton. So by the time the police in Doncaster knew Andrew had gone missing and been able to identify that he had got off at Kings Cross- note British Transport Police messed up failing to identify Andrew in the crowds. [63] This link was investigated by police but the person was not identified. Aside from this being the most credible sighting, even his Father thinks it was likely him. A police spokesperson said We can confirm we have seized numerous devices from the men which we expect to take between six and 12 months to analyse. [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. . He also has a distinctive double ridge on his right ear. [25](14 min 50 s) The family ate together as usual, and they all washed the dishes afterwards. He also took his wallet, keys and his Playstation Portable. We will provide proactive updates as soon as we have them.. Thirty Seconds to Mars played at the Brixton academy on the night he disappeared, and SikTh played a show at the Carling Academy. 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. I fear there will be no final end to this case. [39] That weekend, the police searched the bushes near the Gosdens' home in Doncaster, but found nothing. [51], Later, other reported sighting locations included a park in Streatham, then further afield in South Wales, Birkenhead and Plymouth. ", By sound of it, not much was followed up. [6] Walking the 4-mile (6.4km) route from school to his home would have taken around one hour and twenty minutes. However, there is no evidence that Gosden attended this event or had any interest in YouTube. [32], At 8:30am, Gosden departed from the house and was seen heading down Littlemoor Lane, towards Westfield Park on a neighbour's CCTV. [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. Although Gosden was a fan of similar metal bands, there is no evidence that he attended these shows or that he even liked these bands. [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. He was captured on CCTV leaving the main entrance of the station at 11:25am. He has not been seen by his family since. . Kevin Gosden has said the polices handling of the investigation was too slow, too chaotic and disorganised. I would assume he wanted to get the first train he could out of his area, once his parents had left for work, so he wouldn't be discovered wagging school. Sorry, this post was deleted by the person who originally posted it. [25](43 min 40 s) The family also looked into music concerts that Gosden might have gone to London to attend. Did he do sign language? [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. [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. The family believes the most plausible theory places him at Pizza Hut on Oxford Street on the day he went . Kevin has said there were 2 or 3 sightings in the first week that seemed credible. Andrew Gosden disappeared in 2007 after travelling to London alone from . 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. It piqued the familys interest because their nickname for Andrew as a kid was Roo. His own family thought he had gone to school, that day. It is possible that he had a hoody or a jacket in his bag that the family didn't know he had or had forgotten about. The last known sighting of him was on CCTV leaving the station at 11.25am. They left a message on the phone number that they had in their system. Someone might've been instructing him while staying out of camera range. Thirty seconds after this final appearance, a man in black was also recorded walking the same direction. It is not known if the man and the author are the same person. I would encourage anyone with any information they have not yet reported to come forward.. . CCTV still of the last confirmed sighting of Andrew Gosden, 14, at Kings Cross station who disappeared on . Which might have been more likely if he left later in the day, regardless of the time arranged to meet with someone in London. The family tried to file a missing person report with the South Yorkshire Police. He was a highly intelligent boy and took part in the Governments Young, Gifted & Talented Programme for high-achieving students. [9][10] Gosden was described as a prize-winning mathematician who seemed destined for Cambridge. I believe they had an intercom system there as the station was unmanned at the time. [11][48] However, according to Gosden's father, none of the sightings were followed up by the police, and the woman who reported the Covent Garden sighting was not spoken to until six weeks after the disappearance.[38].