[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 enjoyed reading, gaming and listening to music such as Slipknot, Muse and Funeral for a Friend. 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. On December 8, 2021 a HUGE break was made in the case. In one he says there was an alleged sighting of Andrew in Pizza Hut Oxford street later on in the day he went missing. The Gosden family in 2005 (Image courtesy of the Gosden family) Andrew was only eight days into the school year, and his parents were surprised to learn Andrew had stopped taking the school bus . The family believes the most plausible theory places him at Pizza Hut on Oxford Street on the day he went . 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. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. They did this after they spoke to the ticket seller. 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. Campaign. [56] In November 2009, Kevin Gosden appealed to the gay community to help find his son. [13] This was the last confirmed sighting of him. [14][13][15] The summer school was for children from all over the UK aged 1116 who were in the top 5% academically. On 12 September 2017, the police made a fresh appeal for information. Andrews nickname was Roo and he is said to have been small for his age. He just seemed completely his usual self, said Kevin. 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. But if it was him, he either was killing some time and eating before meeting with someone, or, just cruising London and then he became an easy target to someone during his sightseeing. 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. It piqued the familys interest because their nickname for Andrew as a kid was Roo. I even got in touch with a You Tuber to get in touch with Kevin and do an interview, which he did. Kinda sus, its a very 14 year old place to eat in london. I dont think I have heard Kevin say that, do you recall where you heard it? I find it peaceful. 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. Thirty seconds after this final appearance, a man in black was also recorded walking the same direction. Andrew Gosden was last seen on CCTV at King's Cross in London a decade ago. You know, and say I am alive and well again, sorry for the decade plus of hell but I am okay.. The family tried to file a missing person report with the South Yorkshire Police. As it was in the evening, the intercom system was in use rather than a staffed reception. [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. It is possible that if this sighting was correct, that Gosden may have been . [64], In July 2018, to mark Gosden's 25th birthday, two updated age progression photographs were released by the family. [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. There have also been sightings in Plymouth, South Wales, Southend and Birkenhead. [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. [5] At around 7:00pm, the police were called. Police searched computers from Andrews school and the local library and they found there was no trace of any activity by Andrew. Dad Kevin Gosden, 56, has paid tribute to his missing son Andrew Gosden who disappeared without a trace in September 2007. He did not seem to socialize much outside of the school environment. He also enjoyed visiting London's museums and exhibitions. It was quickly established that he had not taken his passport with him. The teenager, from Doncaster, was last seen on CCTV footage leaving Kings Cross Station that morning and his devastated family are still asking for answers many years later. [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. This means the older man would have been around 31 and the younger 24 at the time Andrew disappeared. 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). When we found that he hadn't 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. 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. [51], Later, other reported sighting locations included a park in Streatham, then further afield in South Wales, Birkenhead and Plymouth. People speculate about bullying and so on, but, [there was] nothing that anybody knew anything about. The Mystery of Missing People: A 5 News Tonight Special airs tonight on Channel 5 at 6.30pm. Kevin has said there were 2 or 3 sightings in the first week that seemed credible. He said it was also the family who spoke to the rail employee at Doncaster station who sold Andrew his ticket, and a man who sat opposite him on the train as far as Peterborough. We initially thought something must have happened on the way to school. [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. Close. [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. [6] When his parents offered to replace the lost mobile phones he stated that he would prefer a new Xbox instead. I know he was deaf in one ear, I don't know if he wore a hearing aid or some hearing device. But he must have been there at that time because he went to pizza hut which is on Oxford Street. However, by the time someone had come to take his information, hed gone. 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. The sighting that frustrates Andrew's parents the most is one in the Pizza Hut near King's Cross the day after he was reported missing. All rights reserved. Kevin fears he may have been snatched by a paedophile gang after bunking off school and taking a . [18][19], Gosden was said by his father to be absent-minded, not streetwise, and potentially vulnerable. Youre just in a limbo the whole time.. He then walked to Doncaster railway station and purchased a one-way ticket to London which cost 31.40. 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. Andrew Gosden would now be 20 years old. Boys have gone missing in the 60s, 80s with no CCTV. They also conducted regular checks to make sure a new passport had not been issued for Andrew. Andrew Paul Gosden (born 10 July 1993)[1] disappeared from Central London on 14 September 2007 when he was aged 14. By the time the sighting was reported and CCTV footage requested it had been taped over. The schoolboy was seen on CCTV that morning at Kings Cross station, and possibly spotted in two other places in the capital, but thenin the words of his father Kevin, he apparently just disappeared off the face of the Earth. 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. It was only after they found him on CCTV that they were able to specify which T-Shirt (Slipknot). You dont know that theyre dead so you cant let go and cant go through a grief process. 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. On 14 September 2007, the then 14-year-old walked out of the family home in Balby, Doncaster, boarded a train to London with a one-way ticket and was never seen by his family again. Despite numerous national appeals for information in the years following his disappearance, Gosden's reason for travelling to London that day, and his subsequent fate, have not been established. I fear there will be no final end to this case. The more time he spent in London on his own the more opportunity there is for something to go wrong. In November 2008, a man visited Leominster Police Station out of hours and told officers via intercom that he had information about Andrew. It took police three days to confirm that Andrew had travelled to London. Over the years, the Gosden family have tried hard to keep Andrews face in the media and to keep raising awareness for his case. I still think he was going to the Sikth concert at the Carling academy near Kings Cross Station. When we found that he hadnt even been to school even tried to go to school that was even more worrying.. They have also said that he was happy in his own company but had a small group of close friends at school. In 2017, Andrew was the face of the charity Missing People for their Find Every Child. Gallery. The pair were detained on 8 December 2021 on suspicion of kidnap and human trafficking following Andrew Gosden's 2007 disappearance. Here, his father talks about the hole his disappearance has left behind and his familys efforts to track him down. Very interesting indeed. The picture shows Andrew Gosden, who went missing from Doncaster in 2007, as a 26-year-old man without glasses. They also checked National Insurance for any activity. There was also a sighting in Covent Garden that same . [9][10] Gosden was described as a prize-winning mathematician who seemed destined for Cambridge. In 2018, someone sent info in about a conversation they had with a person named Andy Roo. [6], At the time of his disappearance, Gosden was eight days into the new school year after returning from the summer holidays. The older man's arrest was also connected with possession of child pornography. [47] Kevin Gosden claimed that the police viewed him as a suspect during the initial stages and they carried out unlawfully recorded interviews aimed at pressuring him into revealing the reason for his son's disappearance. [29] Instead of taking the school bus, Gosden diverted from his usual route and walked to a cash machine at a local garage. 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. The sighting at Pizza Hut sounds plausible as you would want to grab something to eat and relax at lunch time. As a result, it harmed efforts to retrieve footage from the surrounding area. . It's a mystery that has baffled police for 13 years. To mark the 10 year anniversary, police made some more appeals. 2021 Associated Newspapers Limited. An officer was later sent to London to review the footage, and Andrew was then spotted. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I cant remember where I read this but I recall the Pizza Hut witness remembered Andrews way of speaking and/or some wording he had used. 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. [6], The evening before the day of the disappearance was described by Gosden's father as uneventful. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest. The man spoke to an officer via the intercom and said he had information about Andrew. We have made numerous appeals over the years to find out where Andrew is and what happened to him when he disappeared. His dad said Andrew was kind of rushing around and saying he was going to be late that morning, so maybe he didn't. It has been 6 years since the last confirmed sighting of Andrew, which was captured on CCTV at London's King Cross station at around 11:20am on the same day. At 8.30am, Andrew can be seen leaving his home again. He was captured on his neighbours CCTV. Posted by 4 months ago. Labels: criminal justice. [8] Three weeks later, CCTV footage at King's Cross was again reviewed by BTP and SYP, who identified Gosden. He was a deep character who did not get worked up. Early this year, South . Gosden's family considered the possibility that Gosden could have been struggling with his sexual orientation. Obviously this is all assuming the sighting was Andrew, which it might not be but I'm interested to know what you guys think He deviated from his usual route and routine and he went to a cash machine/ATM near a local garage (gas station). I don't believe that nobody knows something, It just goes to show how the police messed up big time. Certain things were correct in the scenario and gives us a greater knowledge of how far away he got. The 45 year old was also arrested on a charge of posession of child pornography. It just seems endless to me. [13], Gosden was described as being happy with his own company, but was not a loner as he had his own small group of like-minded friends. The Pizza Hut sighting has not been confirmed. [22] Gosden had light brown hair but was planning to dye it black before he disappeared. Interview everybody again, use fresh eyes. You get cases like Madeline Mcann, Ben Needham were they get thousands to investigate. His father has said that the night before Andrew left was uneventful. . In 2008, a man showed up at a police station in Hertfordshire, England, saying he had information on the Andrew Gosden disappearance. Andrew took part in the governments Young, Gifted & Talented Programme for high-achieving students. [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. He excelled at all of his classes and held a lot of . Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. She said that was unusual for him. The only way to get into this show was by completing various contests and giveaways. They also sent the serial number of the PSP to Sony. [63] This link was investigated by police but the person was not identified. Everything was missed, never followed up, I know the police could have evidence or things of interest that they cannot divulge, but surely after this amount of time I would think it should be looked at again from the start. Newer Post Older Post Home. [6] He had been a Cub Scout, but a few months before his disappearance told his father that he would no longer involve himself with the group. They are believed to be the first arrests made in connection to Gosden's disappearance. Had anyone seen this tiktok clip of a potential sighting in 2007? "The night before Andrew went missing," says Kevin, "we lay on the floor and did a jigsaw. 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