By the time anyone knew Andrew had actually got to London and, hadn't alighted the train at any of the stops in-between. It was 15 years ago that South Yorkshire teenager Andrew Gosden, pictured, headed off from home, thought to be heading to school. He was captured on his neighbours CCTV. They left a message on the phone number that they had in their system. 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? these sightings included one outside a Pizza Hut and one at Covent Garden, where both reported*Andrew*had spoken to them. Someone then wrote anonymously to the BBC and said that he had seen Andrew in Shrewsbury in November 2008. I can't understand why. 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He was likely just eating by himself, possibly killing time until meeting someone at a predetermined place and time. [6] Gosden wore strong prescription glasses, is deaf in his left ear, and has a distinctive double ridge on his right ear. [3] In January 2023, police confirmed that the investigations were still ongoing. Learn how your comment data is processed. [1][58] No trace of Gosden was found during the search, though it did find another body.[59]. In 2008, a man showed up at a police station in Hertfordshire, England, saying he had information on the Andrew Gosden disappearance. [5] Prior to his disappearance, Gosden had not been to church for eighteen months. I have followed this case from day 1. If i was 14 and got off a train at kings cross hungry with money id head straight to the McDonalds Directly opposite. It might not be confirmed about having to be at Oxford Street at 12pm. I believe they had an intercom system there as the station was unmanned at the time. He has not been seen by his family since. 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. 58 comments. [68][69] Both men have been released under investigation while enquiries continue. Andrew arrived in Kings Cross at 11.20am. The Pizza Hut sighting has not been confirmed. He wore strong prescription glasses and is deaf in his left ear. Something happened around that area from King's Cross by foot because he was not spotted at the London Underground. 2021 Associated Newspapers Limited. [62] The tone of the statement suggested that the police believed Gosden may be still alive. 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. 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. The age progression image above shows what Andrew could look like today. He was a home bird, they say, who rarely left the house, and never without saying where he was going. Does anyone know what the witness said about him possibly being in pizza hut? She said that was unusual for him. the family say the most plausible place him at Pizza Hut on Oxford Street on September . When his parents offered to replace it, he said he would prefer a new Xbox instead. Andrew Gosden disappeared in 2007 after travelling to London alone from . A Londoner is likely caught on security camera over300 timesa day. As I recall, the "sighting" had him sitting on his own. Were there no CCTV footage or receipts/transactions from Pizza Hut? [2] He was last seen on CCTV leaving King's Cross station. [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. Obviously this is all assuming the sighting was Andrew, which it might not be but I'm interested to know what you guys think This was the last known sighting of Deely. As well as featuring her case, the show delves into the story of Andrew Gosden. He gave details of a possible sighting of Andrew Gosden in Shrewsbury in November 2008. His sister also said that Andrew was lying in and she had to wake him, and his mum said he was grumpy. [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. Or was there something troubling him that he felt he couldn't tell us? Press J to jump to the feed. What a perfect storm of bad circumstances. I'm mystified as to why he'd go to that Pizza Hut. It took police three weeks to pick Andrew out of the CCTV at the train station. As the meal ordered would of fit with Andrews tastes and the attitude of the boy also fit. There has been no activity on his bank account since he withdrew the 200 pounds on 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. [5] He then watched some comedy programmes on television, including Mock the Week and That Mitchell and Webb Look, with his mother. This person denied being Andrew. . [66], In October 2019, another age progression image of Gosden was released. To mark the 10 year anniversary, police made some more appeals. 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. 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. In December 2021, detectives investigating the case arrested two men on suspicion of kidnap and human trafficking in relation to Gosden's disappearance. In 2007 businesses had CCTV. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. 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. There was also a sighting in Covent Garden that same . We all equally well understand how difficult it could seem or feel to actually kind of make that contact. 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.. He lived with his parents Kevin and Glenys, and his sister Charlotte in Balby, which is a suburb of Doncater, South Yorkshire in England. Thirty seconds after this final appearance, a man in black was also recorded walking the same direction. He was alone. On the morning of September 14 back in 2007 14-year-old Andrew Gosden didn't go to school, instead he boarded a train to London, and was never seen again.. They also checked National Insurance for any activity. [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. Andrews 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. . The woman who reported the Covent Garden sighting was not interviewed for over 6 weeks. [56] In November 2009, Kevin Gosden appealed to the gay community to help find his son. He liked reading his favorite books were The Lord of the Rings and the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. His parents found his passport in the home after he vanished, as well as 100 pounds in cash that he had saved up. Andrew Gosden was last seen on CCTV at London's King's Cross station in 2007 . Friday the 14th of September, 2007. His last confirmed sighting was captured on CCTV as he exited the train station. . . [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. Police later appealed for him to get back in touch. Andrew Gosden was a gifted mathematics student with a 100% attendance record at The McAuley Catholic High School, who was on a government-sponsored programme to stretch the top five per cent of school pupils . I know he was deaf in one ear, I don't know if he wore a hearing aid or some hearing device. His father said they have no idea why he would want to leave. 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. When we found that he hadn't even been to school even tried to go to school that was even more worrying. 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. Andrews dad Kevin gave a statement following the developments: Obviously some fairly nasty scenarios start to play in your head but we put that to one side because its still under investigation and worrying doesnt get you anywhere., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Andrew_Gosden, https://web.archive.org/web/20210419233025/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-41041855. Kevin mentions this in the Thin Air podcast around the 22 minute mark. When Andrew did not show up at school, his teachers did try to contact his parents. ", By sound of it, not much was followed up. No other possessions were identified as missing. 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. They question how the CCTV trail could have gone cold when Britain is one of the most watched nations in the world. The older man's arrest was also connected with possession of child pornography. I guess it was floated that Andrew may have been too embarrassed to raise the issue of his sexuality (if it was an issue). He had owned phones in the past but had lost them. Vanished: Heidi Broussard (33) and Margot Carey (2wks). [14], SYP asked the BTP to search the available CCTV footage within two days of Gosden being reported missing. "[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. 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). 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. Yorkshire as woman urges others to come forward with sightings. [25](26 min 30 s) Gosden's father stated that his son did not appear to have taken a sweatshirt or coat with him, and had also not taken the charger for his PSP. [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]. [6][52] In 2009, two possible sightings were reported, one outside the Natural History Museum, the other in a pub in Southend. You get cases like Madeline Mcann, Ben Needham were they get thousands to investigate. [46] Mick Neville, retired head of the Metropolitan Police's Central Images Unit, believed the SikTh theory to be plausible. 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. This lead was investigated by the family with help from HIM, but it did not produce any meaningful leads. 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. They used sonar and found another body, but no trace of Andrew was found. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had an evening out on the town! An early theory put forward by the family was that Gosden had decided to take in some of the sights. It takes about 40 minutes to walk to Oxford Street, why not use the underground? But he must have been there at that time because he went to pizza hut which is on Oxford Street. Andrew then withdrew 200 of the214 in his bank account and bought his London ticket. Big cases like childrenMadeline McCannand Ben Needham, or the missing Yorkshire chefClaudia Lawrence, have gainedmass media and public attention over the years. His own family thought he had gone to school, that day. There were unconfirmed sightings of Andrew on the day he went missing at a Pizza Hut on Oxford Street and later in . He was also very confident in using public transport in the city. We have made numerous appeals over the years to find out where Andrew is and what happened to him when he disappeared. The pair were detained on 8 December 2021 on suspicion of kidnap and human trafficking following Andrew Gosden's 2007 disappearance. There's documentaries and interviews. Didn't they say the pizza(ham and pineapple)that Andrew ordered was what he normally got or was his fav?? Or Soho Astoria where Less than Jake where playing. 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. 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