So it had to be Friday, 14th September, 2007. Movie Quotes. [25](3 min 30 s), At home, Gosden placed his uniform in the washing machine and his blazer on the back of his chair. [49][44] Gosden was reportedly seen getting off a local train from Waterloo at Mortlake station on 19 September 2007 (five days after he disappeared) then possibly walking up Sheen Lane and along Upper Richmond Road. There are a few other accounts with similar usernames, of course. Kevin said: "Part of you wants to say 'sod it', I have done my best, I can't think about this anymore and give up but he is our son and we love him. Unfortunately for them, the only attention theyve gotten so far is from me. It was an entirely unremarkable evening. 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. I was thinking the same, i mean who would lend someone that amount of money you'd only spoke to online. Whatever else you might want to say about him, the kid was probably smart enough to not do that. Andrew is one of many because every two minutes a child is reported missing in the UK - around 80,000 each year. It was 15 years ago that South Yorkshire teenager Andrew Gosden headed off from home, thought to be making his way to school. Lauren Ramsey. They've gone far too long without answers. When we found that he hadn't even been to school even tried to go to school that was even more worrying. You dont exactly expect to see these users online, but you can find their accounts easily enough if you go looking for them. I had no idea I'd be part of that same club four months later. Sony confirmed he didn't have an online account on his PSP. But perhaps even worse is the lack of support they are given - with officials and society assuming their child has run away. A 45-year-old man was held on suspicion of kidnap, human trafficking and the possession of indecent images of children. It's so sad to think that, had this provider kept proper backups, we might've found Andrew. He was offered help but couldn't provide bank details as he had no account because "I left home when I was 14". With Scouts, he just said he was bored. [13] This was the last confirmed sighting of him. 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. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. From KRYPTON :) 2 HOURS of ULTIMATE ANDYROO MUSIC and VIDEO BLISS. My thoughts on Andrew Gosden's Disappearance Never skipped school before. 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.. [39] The ticket seller at Doncaster station remembered Gosden because he had refused a return ticket, despite it only costing a small amount more than a single. Withdraws almost all of his savings (200 of his 214). I was thinking about Andrew today, as I was listening to one of his favourite bands HIM. Much like Madeleine's photo showed her to have the rare eye defect coloboma, Andrew had a unique physical trait too, a double ridge on his right ear. Children who are gay or lesbian are much more likely to run away than those who are heterosexual. Unfortunately, the website had recently changed its systems and lost a lot of data, so they couldnt give us any user data. [25](4 min 40 s), Gosden arrived at King's Cross station at 11:20am. I have sent 2 Freedom of Information requests to the Police for the CCTV footage of Andrew on the day he went missing in the hope that seeing his gait might help someone recognise him now. Police later appealed for him to get back in touch. We have made numerous appeals over the years to find out where Andrew is and what happened to him when he disappeared. The police tried everything on the chat provider but they could not trace it back. [6][13], Gosden was interested in video games and metal bands. "[38], Charlotte and Gosden's father, Kevin, scouted Gosden's route to school and areas nearby, but found nothing. When asked if there were problems, he said no, "just felt like it". Cookie Notice buggedspace. Strangely, he'd left 100 of birthday money in his bedroom back in Balby. Andrew Gosden disappeared in 2007 (family handout/PA) Both have now been released under investigation while inquiries continue. 'Andyroo' said he didn't have a bank account because he'd left home when he was 14. It`s also amazing the little tiny mi. Gosden's family considered the possibility that Gosden could have been struggling with his sexual orientation. [46] Mick Neville, retired head of the Metropolitan Police's Central Images Unit, believed the SikTh theory to be plausible. [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]. I have sent the relevant family photos and information to Missing People, whose artist will be in touch with us once they have had the opportunity to work on it. Which didn't seem that odd at 14". He lived in Balby, Doncaster, a suburb of the South Yorkshire town that is largely unremarkable, save for the fact the classic BBC sitcom Open. Though there was a sighting of a boy who looked like Andrew in Pizza Hut on Oxford Street later that day one his parents believe is credible this would be the last confirmed sighting of Andrew Gosden. In my heart, I still think his disappearance was a spur-of-the-moment thing. On the last day his family saw him, Andrew woke late. Andrew Gosden anyone follow that case at all? Children are more likely to be reported missing than adults one in 200 goes missing each year, while one in 500 adults disappear. 16th Sep 2022, 8:00am. After some delving, the man discovered Andyroo didn't have a bank account as he'd left home when he was 14 - simply because he "felt like it". 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. Follow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. [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. In May of 2011, a company specialising in at-sea-rescue, offered to perform a sonar search of the capital's river. 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. Recently, someone sent me an email asking me if it was possible Andrew Gosden had used the site prior to his disappearance. Theres no evidence to suggest he had much of a social media presence at the time. Andrew Gosden went missing from his home in Doncaster at the age of 14 on September 14, 2007 where he was last seen on CCTV footage at King's Cross Station in London later that morning. [5] Prior to his disappearance, Gosden had not been to church for eighteen months. 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. Then, at a time he knew the rest of his family would have left the house for the day, he returned home. Kevin has since driven around Lincoln handing out posters of Andrew. 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. 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. Now Playing and Upcoming Films. Nothing suggests he was bullied. [51], Later, other reported sighting locations included a park in Streatham, then further afield in South Wales, Birkenhead and Plymouth. To be honest, I think Andrew saw school as something you sort of had to do just in order to have choices open to you for adult life.". [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. [5], Three days later, after speaking to the woman who had sold Gosden his train ticket, the police confirmed that he had travelled to London. Opticians, GP's, minicab firms) alongside shops and door to door leafleting, so we feel we have achieved everything we can there. A number of clues were present but nothing 100% conclusive. Kevin says Andrew didnt have an email address. "He managed to lose them, never used them much to begin with, and our offers to replace them were met with, "Can I have an Xbox instead?"). January 11, 2022, 11:39 AM. [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. The updates in section 1 are interesting especially point 7. Gosden's parents telephoned his friends, who informed them that Gosden was not there and had not been at school that day. 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. [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. The Andyroo name had been revealed at some point done the years though. 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. Eleven years ago, Andrew Gosden left home never to be seen again. In fact, the day Andrew went missing, he was wearing a Slipknot T-shirt. The handle was andyroo - not many people know we called him roo for years as he is little and bouncy. It's almost as unfortunate as the issue with the CCTV being neglected until it was too late. 'Andyroo' said he didn't have a bank account because he'd left home when he was 14. When asked if there were problems, he said no, "just felt like it". By the time anyone did, the trail was cold. So for him to skip school, it would have been for something he had to do on that day which couldn't be done at the weekend. 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. He grew up with his older sister by two years, Charlotte Gosden, and the two were both very intelligent. This is a big ask, so may not happen, but I shall let you know if something is able to go ahead. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Andrew_Gosden. We got the impression he couldn't be bothered to get himself organised on taking up the offer to go to his grandmothers. 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. Also, how were they supposed to get the money to Andrew if he didn't have a bank account like stated? Andrew was 14-years-old when he went missing on 14 September, 2007, from Balby in Doncaster after leaving home for school. 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. Finally, last year, I was contacted by someone who believed they may have had a conversation with Andrew online. I've never seen it written anywhere, at least. Although Gosden was a fan of similar metal bands, there is no evidence that he attended these shows or that he even liked these bands. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. [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. | ITV News Calendar. If this was an account that had been abandoned, you would probably expect them to have deleted the note as well. Hopefully we will all get answers soon. 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 Sun Online has teamed up with Missing People as part of their Find Every Child Week campaign. ", Seven passengers rushed to hospital after 'severe turbulence' on flight, Shanquella Robinson's family rips officials after her death in Mexico, Gabby Petito's family claim cop knew Laundrie was threat in lawsuit update, Jury inspect eerie Murdaugh murder scene where mom & son were executed, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, His poster has appeared all over the country but there is still no trace of him, The Sun wants to find these missing kids, watch the video to see if you can help. It has a username thats a play on one of Andrews 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). [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. The Gosden family live in Balby, a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. "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. Heartbreaking amount of time for the family to live through and they are in my thoughts today. "It's another dead end.". [6] Walking the 4-mile (6.4km) route from school to his home would have taken around one hour and twenty minutes. [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. [16] Gosden's parents recalled that he returned from the summer school enthused about what he had been doing there. Tuesday 11 January 2022 16:17, UK Born on July 10th 1993 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Andrew Gosden was the light of his parents' lives. [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. 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