CCTV still of the last confirmed sighting of Andrew Gosden at Kings Cross station. [8] He was last seen wearing a black Slipknot T-shirt, black jeans, trainers, a watch on his left wrist, and carrying a black canvas satchel with patches of rock and metal bands on it. This is something Ive been thinking about too, if the Pizza Hut sighting is legit, and if those arrested are indeed guilty, its odd to me that he would eat there on his own. 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.. Disappearance of Andrew Gosden Posted by J.T. The Mystery of Missing People: A 5 News Tonight Special airs tonight on Channel 5 at 6.30pm. 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. [14], SYP asked the BTP to search the available CCTV footage within two days of Gosden being reported missing. However, there was no evidence for this. It piqued the familys interest because their nickname for Andrew as a kid was Roo. By the time the sighting was reported and CCTV footage requested it had been taped over. They used sonar and found another body, but no trace of Andrew was found. [6], At the time of his disappearance, Gosden was eight days into the new school year after returning from the summer holidays. [42] The Sony PSP 1000 had a DNAS authentication system allowing Sony to see when a PSP had connected to the internet. He had been there many times with family members and he enjoyed going to museums and exhibitions. 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. You go round and round and round in circles with it, because you cant let go of that, he said. He was also wearing trainers, a watch on his left wrist and was carrying a black canvas satchel that had rock and metal band patches on it. I don't think eating a pizza alone means anything. [25](43 min 40 s) The family also looked into music concerts that Gosden might have gone to London to attend. A police officer traveled to the station to talk to the man, but he was gone. Its just so shocking because its completely out of the blue.. He liked reading his favorite books were The Lord of the Rings and the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. [2] He was last seen on CCTV leaving King's Cross station. 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. I don't think there was an official statement. He took out 200 pounds which was almost all of his money (he had 214 pounds but the machine would only dispense 20 pound notes). 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. Finnish band HIM did a promotional signing at the HMV store on Oxford Street on Monday 17 September 2007, and performed an invitation-only show the same evening at the Borderline venue in Soho. TheMystery of Missing People: A 5 News Tonight Special airs tonight (18 March),to coincide with the 10 year anniversary of Claudias disappearance. [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. Or Soho Astoria where Less than Jake where playing. There have also been sightings in Plymouth, South Wales, Southend and Birkenhead. 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 . [20] He was a 'deep character' who did not get worked up or moody. [32], At 8:30am, Gosden departed from the house and was seen heading down Littlemoor Lane, towards Westfield Park on a neighbour's CCTV. It is also possible he may have dyed his hair a different colour or . "[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. But the Pizza Hut and Covent Garden sightings were not followed up, Kevin claims, adding that the woman who reported the latter was not spoken to for six weeks. Before leaving on the train, Andrew withdrew $200 from his bank account . 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. Vanished: Heidi Broussard (33) and Margot Carey (2wks). He was very, very close to Charlotte, his sister, and I think if hed had a worry or an issue that he wanted somebody to confide in it would have been her that hed done that with, but she knew nothing either. [46] Mick Neville, retired head of the Metropolitan Police's Central Images Unit, believed the SikTh theory to be plausible. 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. His school shirt and trousers were in the washing machine. 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. Thirty seconds after this final appearance, a man in black was also recorded walking the same direction. Kevin mentions this in the Thin Air podcast around the 22 minute mark. He was a highly intelligent boy and took part in the Governments Young, Gifted & Talented Programme for high-achieving students. His own family thought he had gone to school, that day. 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. [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. Teenage boys eat a lot. [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. Why did he go to London? Have never heard this before. He could of gone to London for a few hours, looked around the shops, museums, could of bought something. It is natural. 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. Kevin fears he may have been snatched by a paedophile gang after bunking off school and taking a . The Pizza Hut sighting has not been confirmed. It was only after they found him on CCTV that they were able to specify which T-Shirt (Slipknot). 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.. [51], Later, other reported sighting locations included a park in Streatham, then further afield in South Wales, Birkenhead and Plymouth. The 45 year old was also arrested on a charge of posession of child pornography. 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. Pizza Hut online order form page. [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. 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. But nothing further has come of it. . Or was there something troubling him that he felt he couldn't tell us? [68][69] Both men have been released under investigation while enquiries continue. He was captured on CCTV leaving the main entrance of the station at 11:25am. It is often presumed to be midday. Order carryout or delivery, login to your account, sign up for deals, and download our app! [44] Gosden was known to have enjoyed London, and would visit the capital with his family to see his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and family friends who lived there. [1][58] No trace of Gosden was found during the search, though it did find another body.[59]. 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. [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. 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. [65] It was also announced that the band Muse would help publicise the campaign to find Gosden. Youre just in a limbo the whole time.. Then met someone later. He was likely just eating by himself, possibly killing time until meeting someone at a predetermined place and time. [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. Interview everybody again, use fresh eyes. [25](14 min 50 s) The family ate together as usual, and they all washed the dishes afterwards. [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. Andrew has been described by his family as a quiet, gentle and extremely intelligent boy. He enjoyed reading, gaming and listening to music such as Slipknot, Muse and Funeral for a Friend. . You get cases like Madeline Mcann, Ben Needham were they get thousands to investigate. Thirty Seconds to Mars played at the Brixton academy on the night he disappeared, and SikTh played a show at the Carling Academy. When someone offered to send them money, the user claimed they did not have a bank account as they had "left home when they were 14". ", "Undying grief over boy who took a train ride out of his family's life", "One year on, missing Andrew Gosden is still a blank space in family's heart", "The Mystery Behind the Strange Disappearance of a 14-Year-Old English Boy", "The Disappearance of Andrew Gosden. Obviously this is all assuming the sighting was Andrew, which it might not be but I'm interested to know what you guys think. 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. Press J to jump to the feed. When they called out to him to come and eat and he didnt emerge, they went to check on him. [6] Walking the 4-mile (6.4km) route from school to his home would have taken around one hour and twenty minutes. CCTV footage of Andrew arriving at Kings Cross was not located until 27 days after he went missing, Kevin told the BBC. Kevin has said there were 2 or 3 sightings in the first week that seemed credible. The picture shows Andrew Gosden, who went missing from Doncaster in 2007, as a 26-year-old man without glasses. Kevin says he is shocked that more CCTV footage of Andrew in one of the worlds most surveilled cities doesnt exist. The older man's arrest was also connected with possession of child pornography. [33] The ticket seller later recalled that she had told Gosden that a return ticket cost just 50p more but he insisted on purchasing a single ticket. Eg, change his mind, go to the wrong place and fail to meet, tell someone why he was there who would later remember and tell the police. Someone then wrote anonymously to the BBC and said that he had seen Andrew in Shrewsbury in November 2008. Could of taken him around Soho or anywhere. Andrew arrived in Kings Cross at 11.20am. "[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. It was just a complete panic. [29] Instead of taking the school bus, Gosden diverted from his usual route and walked to a cash machine at a local garage. You should be careful how you use the word *cruising * when talking about a male! 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. As well as featuring her case, the show delves into the story of Andrew Gosden. [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. His father has said that the night before Andrew left was uneventful. [13], During the 2006 summer holidays Gosden attended a two-week residential school at Lancaster University as part of the Young Gifted and Talented Programme. Kinda sus, its a very 14 year old place to eat in london. [11], After the initial CCTV trail went cold, the investigation moved on to trying to establish why Gosden had decided to go to London. [6] When his parents offered to replace the lost mobile phones he stated that he would prefer a new Xbox instead. It is unclear whether this was ever dredged or checked." He also took his wallet, keys and his Playstation Portable. 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 quickly established that he had not taken his passport with him. 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. It's on the TV every day and night about it. Kevin received a tip from someone who said hed been talking to someone named Andyroo online who had been asking for money because his partner had walked out on him. According to Gosden's father, Gosden also had a good knowledge of how the public transport system worked, knew the layout, and was confident in navigating his way around the city. An early theory put forward by the family was that Gosden had decided to take in some of the sights. 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. In 2008, a man showed up at a police station in Hertfordshire, England, saying he had information on the Andrew Gosden disappearance. Andrew Gosden was 14 when he disappeared from outside King's Cross Station back in 2007 and he has never been heard from or seen since. Big cases like childrenMadeline McCannand Ben Needham, or the missing Yorkshire chefClaudia Lawrence, have gainedmass media and public attention over the years. When we found that he hadnt even been to school even tried to go to school that was even more worrying.. What a perfect storm of bad circumstances. 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. As the meal ordered would of fit with Andrews tastes and the attitude of the boy also fit. I agree. This is the last confirmed sighting of him. It took police three days to confirm that Andrew had travelled to London. His last confirmed sighting was captured on CCTV as he exited the train station. There were unconfirmed sightings of Andrew on the day he went missing at a Pizza Hut on Oxford Street and later in . If i was 14 and got off a train at kings cross hungry with money id head straight to the McDonalds Directly opposite. At Around 11:25AM, Andrew Gosden was seen on CCTV leaving London's King Cross Station, this was the last time he was ever seen. His bedroom has been repainted and his T-shirts are still in the drawers and part of his rock and gem collection sits on a shelf. The last day Kevin Gosden would ever see his son. He was a deep character who did not get worked up. He enjoyed playing computer games and he enjoyed his music: Slipknot, Muse and Funeral for a Friend were among his favourite bands. [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. [23], Gosden owned a couple of mobile phones between the ages of ten and twelve but he rarely used them and subsequently lost them. It has been 10 months now, and no word. Or Hospital Scapegoat? It doesn't appear in any feeds, and anyone with a direct link to it will see a message like this one. [18][19], Gosden was said by his father to be absent-minded, not streetwise, and potentially vulnerable. [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. He wore strong prescription glasses and is deaf in his left ear. People speculate about bullying and so on, but, [there was] nothing that anybody knew anything about. Andrews father has also described him as absent-minded, not streetwise and potentially vulnerable. They are believed to be the first arrests made in connection to the disappearance. There was no real evidence of this that they could find. At 8.30am, Andrew can be seen leaving his home again. In one he says there was an alleged sighting of Andrew in Pizza Hut Oxford street later on in the day he went missing. 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. Secondly, if I put myself in the shoes of a potential groomer, I think I would want to meet Andrew soon after he arrived. We all equally well understand how difficult it could seem or feel to actually kind of make that contact. Blog Archive 2023 (5) the family say the most plausible place him at Pizza Hut on Oxford Street on September . On another interview, Kevin mentioned that Andrew made chit chat with a stranger, a lady in Covent Garden. These came from all over Britain 45 were in London and 11 were in Brighton. . This was a 4 mile or 6.4km journey that would have taken him around 80 minutes, one way, to walk. Gosden's family considered the possibility that Gosden could have been struggling with his sexual orientation. 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. Yeah, specifically I think it was their description of his mannerisms that made the family think the sighting was credible. By Izzy Hawksworth. The last time I had a complete nights sleep I can barely remember. [6][11] He was described as having a neutral attitude about school, hoping the upcoming school term would provide more of a challenge after having 'cruised' through his education thus far. The last known sighting of Andrew Gosden with an age progression image of him (South . Andrew Gosden= Vanished? I love going to restaurants by myself. We initially thought something must have happened on the way to school. He was also very confident in using public transport in the city. In 2011, the family hired specialists to carry out a sonar scan of the River Thames. Police later appealed for him to get back in touch. Campaign. I don't believe that nobody knows something, It just goes to show how the police messed up big time. Police arrested two men, aged 38 and 45 in regards to Andrews case. He did not seem to take the charger for the PSP, and he didnt take a coat or sweater either. I find it peaceful. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. To mark the 10 year anniversary, police made some more appeals. This seems weird to me but his family had an early theory that he went to London to see the sights. Andrew was studying at McAuley Catholic High School at the time. I fear there will be no final end to this case. But if you take this sighting into possible consideration as accurateI think the ones of him in warmer clothes need to be as well. Close. 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 guess it was floated that Andrew may have been too embarrassed to raise the issue of his sexuality (if it was an issue). Until that ticket seller came forward, no one had any clue he had left Doncaster, let alone gone to London. They had not baptised their children though as they didnt want to impose their views on them. You dont know that theyre dead so you cant let go and cant go through a grief process. James and Michelle Butler: The Senseless Murder of 21-Year-Navy Veteran and Wife. Having got the 9.35am train, he was captured on Kings Cross CCTV at 11.25am. I feel so behind, I never heard that update. [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. [34] Gosden's father later stated that the purchase of a single ticket rather than a return did not seem strange to him, as Gosden knew numerous people in London with whom he could have stayed. In his bedroom, his parents found his school blazer and tie hanging over the back of a chair. His father said they have no idea why he would want to leave. The person offered him money, and was told he didnt have a bank account because hed left home when he was 14. One was from Monday 17 September, and he was also apparently sighted the following day, sleeping in a park. [64], In July 2018, to mark Gosden's 25th birthday, two updated age progression photographs were released by the family. Friday the 14th of September, 2007. 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](46 min 10 s), The Gosden family hypothesised that Gosden could have gone to London to attend a show by a band that he was known to be a fan of. Were there no CCTV footage or receipts/transactions from Pizza Hut? The boy has a band on his left wrist and is holding an over the shoulder bag, like Andrew was. [9][10] Gosden was described as a prize-winning mathematician who seemed destined for Cambridge. On September 2007, 14 year old Andrew Gosden vanished while taking a train from his home in Doncaster, England to London. No comments: Post a Comment. The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Bachelor Sister Wives 90 Day Fiance Wife Swap The Amazing Race Australia Married at First Sight The Real Housewives of Dallas My 600-lb Life Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Initial searches in London focused on the Chislehurst and Sidcup areas, where the Gosden family have relatives. His parents and Charlotte thought that Andrew was in the cellar of their home, gaming. I think Andrew was taken by 2 men that day. It is possible that if this sighting was correct, that Gosden may have been . His parents found his passport in the home after he vanished, as well as 100 pounds in cash that he had saved up. According to civil rights group Liberty, the country has5.9 million CCTV cameras. 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. Very interesting indeed. Fort Valley State University student Missing Where is Anitra Gunn? Andrew Gosden was 14 when he went missing in 2007. Does anyone know what the witness said about him possibly being in pizza hut? An officer was later sent to London to review the footage, and Andrew was then spotted. [14] Kevin Gosden and the wider family were cleared of any involvement. They also sent the serial number of the PSP to Sony. . 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. [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. Didn't they say the pizza(ham and pineapple)that Andrew ordered was what he normally got or was his fav?? 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. 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. Andrews family describe the teenager asquiet and gentle. It said Andrew had been seen in Shrewsbury. He was captured on his neighbours CCTV. 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. The 2 men who were arrested in 2021 were let go. 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. I would really like a source for the time of this sighting. [11][6], Other sources have stated that although Gosden was aged 14 when he disappeared, he looked younger; perhaps about 12, as he was small for his age. 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. Aside from this being the most credible sighting, even his Father thinks it was likely him. There has been no activity on his bank account since he withdrew the 200 pounds on 14 September 2007. Are you British? 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