The conversation suggested that Andrew could be alive and well and working in a shop in the Lincoln area. The last day Kevin Gosden would ever see his son. But perhaps even worse is the lack of support they are given - with officials and society assuming their child has run away. The day-to-day absence of Andrew in their home is a constant reminder of him being missing, but the family say they refuse to leave or change the locks in case he returns. TWO men have been arrested over the disappearance of a 14-year-old boy who mysteriously vanished 15 years ago. AndyRoo's extensive music background provides a solid basis for an album that . "Andrew was too clever by half," remembers Kevin. General Boards. If I remember correctly the police said investigating their electronic devices could take anywhere from 6 months to a year. "In some ways, it would be a relief to find a body but this would lead to more questions and more years of hell - although at least then we could grieve. Gets to a local railway station. I think the only reason why anyone would do this is if they were hoping to torment Andrew Gosdens family. The SikTh gig was originally scheduled for 4:00pm on 7 July and was to be the last show with the original vocalist, making it a unique event. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. I had no idea I'd be part of that same club four months later. Here, his father tells us about the family's efforts to track him down. Kevin and Glenys' painstaking efforts to find their son have been hampered - they say - by the police's "slow and chaotic" handling of the case. After all, if it was a legitimate account and was really operated by the kid, you wouldnt expect it to be so obviously linked to him. "I would encourage anyone with any information they have not yet reported to come forward.. It was a laptop belonging to Andrews older sister. He liked his own company. On the day of his disappearance, Andrew skipped school and withdrew just under 200 from his bank account before buying a one-way ticket to the capital. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Tech Support/Suggestions. Opticians, GP's, minicab firms) alongside shops and door to door leafleting, so we feel we have achieved everything we can there. The Gosden family live in Balby, a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Finally, last year, I was contacted by someone who believed they may have had a conversation with Andrew online. He left the house at 8.05AM. [25](4 min 40 s), Gosden arrived at King's Cross station at 11:20am. This user is currently listed as being a 27-year-old man from England, which is more or less the age that Andrew would be now if he was still alive. In fact, the day Andrew went missing, he was wearing a Slipknot T-shirt. [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. [6] Gosden wore strong prescription glasses, is deaf in his left ear, and has a distinctive double ridge on his right ear. [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? A number of clues were present but nothing 100% conclusive. Andrew was studying at McAuley Catholic High School at the time. Gosden did not use a computer at home, his father stated that Gosden did not have an e-mail address and had not set up an online account on either his Xbox or his PSP. 'Andyroo' said he didn't have a bank account because he'd left home when he was 14. Projections of what Andrew might look like today. 'Andyroo' said he didn't have a bank account because he'd left home when he was 14. By the time an officer arrived to take the details, the man had left. ANDYROO :) [8] Gosden was known to his family as 'Roo'. "The person our contact was talking to said, 'My partner has just walked out and I need help.' It ticks all the boxes youd expect an account like this to tick, doesnt it? This account is most likely a cruel hoax trying to appeal to the conspiracy theorists whove latched onto the case. [55][24] It has not been confirmed that it was the same man on both occasions and if so, why he did not wait at the police station. The missing person poster for Andrew Gosden, via Help Us to Find Andrew. Our contact noticed 'Andyroo' was listed as living in Lincoln, some distance from him, and so offered to transfer some money to help him out. Andrew Gosden, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, was 14 when he vanished in September 2007 after apparently travelling to London. Our contact offered to help, asked 'Andyroo' what he needed. A woman reported sitting next to Gosden, whom she described as being quiet and engrossed in playing with his video game. Andrew Gosden was last seen on CCTV at King's Cross train station in London, Andrew disappeared when he was 14 years old, A number of age-progressed images of Andrew have been issued since his disappeareance. The pair were detained on 8 December 2021 on suspicion of kidnap and human trafficking following Andrew Gosden's 2007 disappearance. Andrew Gosden was born on the 10th of July, 1993. He was captured on the closed-circuit recording system of his neighbour. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. [68][69] Both men have been released under investigation while enquiries continue. [24][25](1 h 00 min 30 s), During the 2007 school summer holidays (typically July to September[26]), Gosden's parents had suggested that he travel alone to London to stay with his grandmother but he chose not to go. The ANDYROO MOVIE: Directed by Andrew Flinders. The father of a young teenage boy who vanished after buying a train ticket to London 15 years ago told how he "can't afford to lose hope" on the anniversary of his disappearance. To take part, follow@missingpeopleor#TeamBigTweet on Twitter on Friday 24 May and retweet as many appeals as you can. Sony confirmed he didn't have an online account on his PSP. Andrew is one of many because every two minutes a child is reported missing in the UK - around 80,000 each year. They have now been missing him for longer than they had him. En-route, he stopped at an ATM and drew out 200 of the 214 in his account. On the day he vanished, Andrew put on his school uniform and left the home in Doncaster he shared with Kevin, mum Glenys and sister Charlotte. [8] However, the CCTV footage from buses and the adjacent tube station was not requested by the authorities. So could have been a hoax etc. "He was the sort of person who would listen a great deal but not say much. WATCHING the news, Andrew Gosden's tortured dad finds himself envying the parents of murdered kids. [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. He says it is the "biggest hint" it could be him as Roo was his childhood nickname. He took the train and was last seen on CCTV leaving King's Cross station in London. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Andrew Gosden was an English boy who disappeared in 2007, when he was just fourteen, but it still only has around 2,700 subscribers as of this writing. | ITV News Calendar. The Big Tweet for Missing Children is an online tweetathon held by Missing People every year to mark International Missing Childrens Day. Because of this, I regard any suggestion that Andrew Gosden was using Chat Hour at the time to be ridiculous. It has a username that's a play on one of Andrew's known nicknames (AndyRoo), the note lists his name and his location, and it plays into one of the more popular ideas surrounding the case (i.e., that he was privately working through his sexuality). There were also "credible" sightings from that day - with Kevin saying leads that he was seen in a Pizza Hut on Oxford Street and later in Covent Garden were not followed up. Initial searches in London focused on the Chislehurst and Sidcup areas, where the Gosden family have relatives. Some more theories: he's in the Thames. We played games and did arts and crafts stuff with the kids a lot, ever since they were little. For some reason he returned once it was empty, changed into pair of jeans and a Slipknot band T-shirt and headed to a shop where he withdrew 200 from his bank account. He gave details of a possible sighting of Andrew Gosden in Shrewsbury in November 2008. Andrew Gosden was born on the 10th of July, 1993. "Andrew was-slash-is very deep," says his father. [72], In January 2023, South Yorkshire Police said that the men remained under investigation, and that the subsequent devices were also still under examination.[73]. Heartbreaking reading his familys media post regarding his recent birthday. [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 was 15 years ago that South Yorkshire teenager Andrew Gosden headed off from home, thought to be making his way to school. [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. [40], Days after the disappearance, the family travelled to London and handed out flyers and posters in the vicinity of anywhere they felt Gosden would have had an interest in visiting, especially museums and exhibitions. [2] He was last seen on CCTV leaving King's Cross station. Mick Neville, retired head of the Metropolitan Police's Central Images Unit, has stated the "SiKTh theory" is plausible. What is interesting about this case is the connections. He withdrew 200 from his bank account, bought a one-way train ticket to. Lauren Ramsey. Despite nothing coming from their searches, the family still cling to hope they might one day discover what happened to Andrew when he left home that morning. South Yorkshire Police announced on Tuesday that two men were detained in the capital on Thursday December 8 with the help of Met officers. Thousands of people walk past Andrew's face every day - his smile blown up on posters on billboards, train platforms and along major roads. 'Andyroo' told him he needed 200 to make rent. From KRYPTON :) 2 HOURS of ULTIMATE ANDYROO MUSIC and VIDEO BLISS. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. [27], At 8:05am[28] Gosden left his house and was witnessed walking across the local park (Westfield) to his usual bus stop by family friend Rev. [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. Andrew was 14-years-old when he went missing on September 14, 2007, from Balby in Doncaster after he left home for school. This point is then expanded on by Andrews Dad. Film General. Withdraws almost all of his savings (200 of his 214). Having just listened to a youtube video about Missing 12 year old in the states called Johnny Gosch it solidified to me that Andrew ended up on a similar situation. Police. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. [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. After four years with no answers, a company offered to perform a sonar search of the Thames - but in a gruesome twist, another body was discovered. Change). Kevin struggles to find the words. January 11, 2022, 11:39 AM. For example look into this. If this was an account that had been abandoned, you would probably expect them to have deleted the note as well. Also not that uncommon of a name to come across. At the station, he bought a one-way ticket to London, despite the clerk informing him that, for less than a pound extra, he could get a return. But despite being the "poster boy" for Missing People, no trace of Andrew has ever been found - leading to 12 years of pain for his family. Press J to jump to the feed. This week - leading up to International Missing Children's Day on May 25 - we speak to families whose harrowing stories were dismissed or forgotten about as the years wore on. [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][13], Gosden was interested in video games and metal bands. For other inquiries, Contact Us. 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. I just can`t fathom how someone could just vanish at will in this day and age or, alternatively, how a criminal could so deftly remove someone from the outside world (or the world altogether, in many cases). Andrew Gosden was last seen on September 14, 2007, after travelling from his home in Doncaster to London when he "uncharacteristically" skipped school. [18][19], Gosden was said by his father to be absent-minded, not streetwise, and potentially vulnerable. Popular Movie Franchises. But those bits of info seemed a bit too close not to try following up. [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. In a city where the average Londoner could be caught on CCTV more than 300 times a day, just one image of Andrew stepping off the train was recorded before he vanished. Read about our approach to external linking. Andrew didnt have a mobile phone ("He had a couple aged ten to 12," says Kevin. He appealed for anyone with photos or videos taken at the gig to come forward so that "super recognisers" could scan the images. Hopefully we will all get answers soon. Andrew Gosden was, at the time of his disappearance, 5ft 3in tall, thin with light brown hair and brown eyes. It claimed that Andrew had been sighted in Shrewsbury. This months video as requested by Jodie Gills is about the strange disappearance of teenager Andrew Gosden in England in 2007. [54] Subsequently, an individual claiming to be the man at the police station wrote anonymously to the BBC after it featured the case on The One Show. He had a 100 per cent attendance record at school, was never bullied and loved metal music - counting Funeral for a Friend and Slipknot among his favourite bands. "Last year, around the time of the tenth anniversary of Andrews disappearance, we received a tip from someone who said hed been talking to someone named 'Andyroo' online," says Kevin. 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. Gosden's disappearance has featured in several media broadcasts and publications: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Needless to say, should you happen to live in the Lincoln area or have friends that do, please share this with them, but remember that we could be out of date as this has been going on for many months. .the potential . I Need to Know. He got the train at 9.35AM. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. [43] The only PC in the house was his sister's laptop, which had only been in her possession for eight weeks. Two people were arrested over the case earlier this year. Andrew's last known whereabouts were captured on surveillance camera when he arrived at London's King's Cross station. In my heart, I still think his disappearance was a spur-of-the-moment thing. I didnt realise it was the anniversary. Whatever else you might want to say about him, the kid was probably smart enough to not do that. Andrew Gosden was last seen on CCTV at King's Cross train station in London Numerous devices were seized from two men arrested in the case of a teenager who went missing 14 years ago. You can help bring missing children home by texting find to 70660to donate 5. "It's another dead end.". Teachers at McAuley Catholic High School believed he was a shoe-in for Cambridge. This is a big ask, so may not happen, but I shall let you know if something is able to go ahead. [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 below is taken from The Missing Andrew Gosden Facebook page. - Seen talking to an older What happened after the two arrests in January 2022? Andrew Gosden took a mysterious trip to London and never came back. Star Wars. We have made numerous appeals over the years to find out where Andrew is and what happened to him when he disappeared. [39] Gosden's family and friends searched the area until nightfall. Thanks so much for your support as always, Kevin xxx, SECTION 2 (Question about point 7) If you were told he was working in a shop then why didn't they say which shop? Just two examples of mistakes within an investigation which is littered with police errors and terrible luck. Trying to work out if Im gay or not.. Heartbreaking amount of time for the family to live through and they are in my thoughts today. The Police were unable to link the conversation to a real person unfortunately, despite their best efforts, during which we kept it quiet at their request. Andrew bought a one-way ticket to London and was last seen emerging from King's Cross station on CCTV at 11.25am. This means 80,000 kids vanish without a trace every year. JavaScript is disabled. 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". 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