This months video as requested by Jodie Gills is about the strange disappearance of teenager Andrew Gosden in England in 2007. 'Andyroo' told him he needed 200 to make rent. [17] Gosden exhibited no signs of depression and there were no indications that he had been subjected to bullying. [39] That weekend, the police searched the bushes near the Gosdens' home in Doncaster, but found nothing. [34], At 9:35am Gosden was seen boarding the train to King's Cross station alone. He says it is the "biggest hint" it could be him as Roo was his childhood nickname. The way they word things minimizes the potential actual crimes. As it was in the evening, the intercom system was in use rather than a staffed reception. 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. The dark shadow formed by his disappearance has cast over every aspect of the anguished family. The last known sighting of Andrew Gosden with an age progression image of him (South . 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". From KRYPTON :) 2 HOURS of ULTIMATE ANDYROO MUSIC and VIDEO BLISS. It's so sad to think that, had this provider kept proper backups, we might've found Andrew. [9][10] Gosden was described as a prize-winning mathematician who seemed destined for Cambridge. He needs strong prescription glasses, and was seen last wearing black jeans and T-shirt. [25](10 min 30 s) Within three hours of discovering Gosden's disappearance, a missing-person leaflet was produced for circulation. Film General. He was last seen on CCTV footage arriving at King's Cross Station and since then police have been unable to corroborate his movements. [6][11] However, Gosden's family say that he did not socialise with his friends outside of school. Twelve years later, his parents are trapped in an "endless cycle of horror" trying to figure out what happened to their son after he stepped off that train. Cookie Notice He was captured on the closed-circuit recording system of his neighbour. 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. When Andrew went missing he was 5ft 3in tall, slim with light brown hair and brown eyes. [62] The police undertake annual checks on John Does in hospital. Kevin struggles to find the words. He was captured on King's Cross CCTV at 11.25AM. "The not knowing is the worst. Or was there something troubling him that he felt he couldn't tell us? HIM were doing an in-store at an HMV, which was then on Oxford Street, three days later. This year, Missing People will be helped with their campaign by band The Vamps. Senior investigating officer, 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. This point is then expanded on by Andrews Dad. [68][69] Both men have been released under investigation while enquiries continue. 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. 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. Then SiKTh were playing a rescheduled show at the Carling Academy in Islington, which would until their reunion in 2014 be the last to feature singer Mikee Goodman. This marks International Missing Childrens Day on May 25. With Scouts, he just said he was bored. Eleven years ago, Andrew Gosden left home never to be seen again. The Sun Online has teamed up with charity Missing People for their Find Every Child campaign this year. The father of Andrew Gosden said he cant afford to lose the hope that he will see his son again, on the 15th anniversary of his disappearance. For the families of those who have vanished, the statistics serve as a brutal reminder of the anguish they have faced while desperately trying to find a lost loved one. Chillingly, Kevin says: "We still don't know if he is alive or dead and change our minds on a frequent basis - it's horrendous. The users note currently reads, Hey, its Andrew from Doncaster. It may not display this or other websites correctly. If youre wondering why more CCTV footage of Andrew in one of the world's most surveilled cities doesn't exist , so was Kevin, until he learned the police hadn't reviewed the King's Cross footage until a month after Andrew's disappearance. It's just what we did that night". The updates in section 1 are interesting especially point 7. By the time you finish reading this article, at least three children will have gone missing in the UK. [1][58] No trace of Gosden was found during the search, though it did find another body.[59]. Two people were arrested over the case earlier this year. The police tried everything on the chat provider but they could not trace it back. The handle was andyroo - not many people know we called him roo for years as he is little and bouncy. Gosden's sister, Charlotte, stated: "It was just a complete panic. The police tried everything on the chat provider but they could not trace it back. 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. Its just a silly conspiracy theory fueled by the lack of publicly available evidence in the case, and maybe the occasional fake account and lucky coincidence. We initially thought something must have happened on the way to school. I had no idea I'd be part of that same club four months later. Strangely, he'd left 100 of birthday money in his bedroom back in Balby. [9] His mother has stated that this was unusual as he was normally awake on time. -Taken within 4min walking distance from his home on paper route. He was a highly. At the time of the arrests in London, police said electronics taken from the pair, aged 39 and 46, could take "six to 12 months" to analyse. He left the house at 8.05AM. -QUINCY JONES Bi The BEST MUSICIAN In the UNIVERSE! If this was an account that had been abandoned, you would probably expect them to have deleted the note as well. [36], That evening the Gosden family and a family friend sat down for dinner thinking that Gosden was either in the converted cellar playing video games or in his room doing homework. Andrew has been missing from his home in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, since 14 September 2007. Popular Movie Franchises. For other inquiries, Contact Us. They have now been missing him for longer than they had him. Andrew was 14-years-old when he went missing on September 14, 2007, from Balby in Doncaster after he left home for school. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk. It was 15 years ago that South Yorkshire teenager Andrew Gosden headed off from home, thought to be making his way to school. Case detail here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Andrew_Gosden. The aforementioned Mick Neville believes the possibilities of a connection between Andrew and Alex Sloley, a 16-year-old who went missing from London ten months after him, should be investigated. He left the house at 8.30AM and began to walk in the direction of Doncaster Railway Station. Andrew was just 14 when he vanished after he left his house in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, withdrew 200 and bought a one-way ticket to London Police arrest two men aged 38 and 45 for kidnap. [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. It's almost as unfortunate as the issue with the CCTV being neglected until it was too late. You are using an out of date browser. On the last day his family saw him, Andrew woke late. A 45-year-old man was held on suspicion of kidnap, human trafficking and the possession of indecent images of children. In May of 2011, a company specialising in at-sea-rescue, offered to perform a sonar search of the capital's river. [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. 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). [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. Here, his father tells us about the family's efforts to track him down. Kevin Gosden Andrew's family describe the teenager as quiet and gentle. Andrew didnt have a mobile phone ("He had a couple aged ten to 12," says Kevin. It comes as news broke earlier this week of the arrests of two men, aged 45 and 38, in London on suspicion of kidnap and human trafficking on December 8 last year. "With this, someone has stuck the knife in but you have to walk around with it and it's always there, always hurting and getting twisted frequently and regularly. His dad said he then "vanished off the face of the Earth". The Big Tweet for Missing Children is an online tweetathon held by Missing People every year to mark International Missing Childrens Day. For the families of those who have vanished, the statistics serve as a brutal. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. The handle was andyroo - not many people know we called him roo for years as he is little and bouncy. [35], On 11 January 2022, South Yorkshire Police said that on 8 December 2021, detectives had arrested two men, aged 38 and 45, on suspicion of kidnapping and human trafficking. The dad of missing Andrew Gosden, who disappeared from his home 14 years ago, has revealed he and his wife still light a candle for their son every Christmas.. Andrew, who was just 14-years-old when he went missing, left his home in Doncaster on Friday, September 14, 2007, and has not been seen by his heartbroken family since.. magazine. A woman reported sitting next to Gosden, whom she described as being quiet and engrossed in playing with his video game. 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. [8], There were additional unconfirmed sightings on Oxford Street on Monday 17 September,[44] and the next day, when Gosden was said to have been sleeping in a park in Southwark. "It's another dead end.". 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. A 45-year-old man was held on suspicion of kidnap, human trafficking and the possession of indecent images of children. We were careful to cover general logical possibilities (e.g. [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. We did not advertise this as I did not want to cope with any media whilst co-ordinating our efforts. Gosden's last known location was King's Cross, and when Sloley disappeared he was thought to have been on his way to Islington, which is two miles from King's Cross. [25](4 min 40 s), Gosden arrived at King's Cross station at 11:20am. Posters of these bands used to hang his bedroom walls, though theyve long been taken away by police to swab for fingerprints. The ANDYROO MOVIE! He seemed to be going through a quiet phase, which we assumed would alter in due course. Nor was Andrew found in Shrewsbury. The last day Kevin Gosden would ever see his son. Mick Neville, retired head of the Metropolitan Police's Central Images Unit, has stated the "SiKTh theory" is plausible. [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. [5] He then watched some comedy programmes on television, including Mock the Week and That Mitchell and Webb Look, with his mother. I write it here when I don't think anyone would wanna hear me rant about it. 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. Andrew had friends, but he didn't socialise with them all that much outside of school. There are a few other accounts with similar usernames, of course. [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. From the above comment from Kevin, it appears that LE was never able to track down the "Andyroo" man. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. *Johnny Gosch 13 years old was taken Sep-5-1982. [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 picture shows Andrew Gosden, who went missing from Doncaster in 2007, as a 26-year-old man without glasses. Andrew grew up with his sister Charlotte, who is around two years older than him. [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. [32], At 8:30am, Gosden departed from the house and was seen heading down Littlemoor Lane, towards Westfield Park on a neighbour's CCTV. Kevin and Glenys immediately phoned friends and family asking if anyone had seen Andrew - later discovering he hadn't been to school that day. The night of his disappearance, Thirty Seconds to Mars played the Brixton Academy[25](45 min 50 s) and SikTh played a rescheduled farewell show at the Carling Academy. [11], After the initial CCTV trail went cold, the investigation moved on to trying to establish why Gosden had decided to go to London. To take part, follow@missingpeopleor#TeamBigTweet on Twitter on Friday 24 May and retweet as many appeals as you can. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Andrew Gosden was 14 when he disappeared in 2007, less than a year before Sloley. [5] Prior to his disappearance, Gosden had not been to church for eighteen months. Nothing suggests he was bullied. (Family handout/PA) Two men were arrested in connection with the disappearance of Andrew Gosden more than 14 years ago. The morning of his disappearance, he was seen leaving his home at approximately 8:30 AM, heading towards Westfield Park. 12th Jan 2022, 10:21am. Since then, especially in the last few years, his disappearance has attracted a lot of attention in the online true crime community. I am awaiting their response, but the person who deals with this is on annual leave at the moment. According to Sony, Andrew Gosdens PSP had never been used to connect to the internet. Andrew was incredibly intelligent - he had taken part in the government's Young, Gifted & Talented Programme for high-achieving students and was on course to attend Cambridge. "I have caught myself before, to my shame, feeling envious of parents whose child has been murdered but then you stop and want to hug them. 'Andyroo' said he didn't have a bank account because he'd left home when he was 14. Thousands of people walk past Andrew's face every day - his smile blown up on posters on billboards, train platforms and along major roads. [21] His teachers characterised him as a shy, quiet young man who was mature beyond his years. [56] In November 2009, Kevin Gosden appealed to the gay community to help find his son. - Seen talking to an older What happened after the two arrests in January 2022? He said he'd 'just felt like it'. 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. You can help bring missing children home by texting find to 70660to donate 5. Andrew Gosden anyone follow that case at all? But now. "It raises the question on whether there is a serial killer on the prowl? This is a big ask, so may not happen, but I shall let you know if something is able to go ahead. At a quick glance he does look like him, but if you look closer, you can see his features are different to Andrew Gosden's. (LogOut/ [13], Investigators sent the unique serial number of Gosden's PSP to Sony HQ who checked and found that there was no record of an account being set up or communication established on the device. They are believed to be the first arrests made in connection to the disappearance. But those bits of info seemed a bit too close not to try following up. South Yorkshire Police announced on Tuesday that two men were detained in the capital on Thursday December 8 with the help of Met officers. Andrew Gosden, who went missing in 2007. In fact, I think its so unlikely that it can be written off as basically impossible. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. [28] Gosden's sister has stated that he did not seem interested in social media or connecting with other people through the Internet as he "just didn't seem social". The Roo nickname was in one of the first national news stories on Andrews disappearance back in 2007. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-perfect-son-a-model-family-so-what-made-him-run-away-wrrdtmv87rd. [3] In January 2023, police confirmed that the investigations were still ongoing. [53] None of these sightings could be verified. He then changed into casual clothes, consisting of a black Slipknot T-shirt and black jeans, and took a bag embellished with various patches of rock and metal bands. [51], Later, other reported sighting locations included a park in Streatham, then further afield in South Wales, Birkenhead and Plymouth. When asked if there were problems, he said no, "just felt like it". 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