I believe this was the pizza hut Andrew went into that day. But Kevin says he can empathise if Andrew is alive and finds it hard to reach out. He deviated from his usual route and routine and he went to a cash machine/ATM near a local garage (gas station). There has been no activity on his bank account since he withdrew the 200 pounds on 14 September 2007. [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. Certain things were correct in the scenario and gives us a greater knowledge of how far away he got. They began calling around and discovered that Andrew had not been to school that day. What a perfect storm of bad circumstances. Well quite - or the Burger King diagonally opposite. Lol, I find it more interesting as it suggests he spent some time alone and didn't immediately meet someone once be got off the train. Its just so shocking because its completely out of the blue.. The family believes the most plausible theory places him at Pizza Hut on Oxford Street on the day he went . He was given a new phone for his 12th birthday and ended up losing that one. Alan Murray who was sitting on a bench in the park. He wore strong prescription glasses and is deaf in his left ear. Everyone presumed Andrew was playing on his console in the converted cellar just as he usually did after school. [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. It just seems endless to me. On 14 September 2007, the then 14-year-old walked out of the family home in Balby, Doncaster, boarded a train to London with a one-way ticket and was never seen by his family again. It is a daily struggle every morning for me to feel like I want to be alive. The last known sighting of him was on CCTV leaving the station at 11.25am. Order carryout or delivery, login to your account, sign up for deals, and download our app! Hed said he just felt like it. There is no Pizza Hut in that part of town. [14], SYP asked the BTP to search the available CCTV footage within two days of Gosden being reported missing. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. I think he was meeting someone, older, he could of been there for a meeting, or family. I dont think Ive ever read a time for the sighting, though. When we found that he hadn't even been to school even tried to go to school that was even more worrying. They found his school blazer and tie hanging over the back of a chair and his shirts and trousers were in the washing machine. Andrew Gosden was last seen on CCTV at King's Cross in London a decade ago. Andrews nickname was Roo and he is said to have been small for his age. He could of gone to London for a few hours, looked around the shops, museums, could of bought something. Andrew Gosden hasn't been seen since he went missing 11 years ago (Photo: Kevin Gosden) . [25](53 min 30 s), In June 2018, the Gosden family said that someone had reported an online conversation with a person with the user name 'Andy Roo' who claimed that their boyfriend had left them and they needed 200 to cover rent. [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. By the time anyone knew Andrew had actually got to London and, hadn't alighted the train at any of the stops in-between. [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. 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. His parents found his passport in the home after he vanished, as well as 100 pounds in cash that he had saved up. 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. Sorry, this post was deleted by the person who originally posted it. Andrews mother has said that on the day he disappeared, Andrew seemed irritable and that he had trouble getting moving for the day. 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. Pizza Hut 523 Oxford Street London. "[38], Charlotte and Gosden's father, Kevin, scouted Gosden's route to school and areas nearby, but found nothing. Very interesting indeed. In 2007 businesses had CCTV. 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. 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I'm mystified as to why he'd go to that Pizza Hut. . He said, see you later and that was the last conversation that I ever had with him. He excelled at all of his classes and held a lot of . He lived with his parents Kevin and Glenys, and his sister Charlotte in Balby, which is a suburb of Doncater, South Yorkshire in England. Gosden's family considered the possibility that Gosden could have been struggling with his sexual orientation. The Carling Academy is within walking distance from Kings Cross station. I could understand him going there if he was meeting someone, but that doesn't seem the case, even in the slim chance it was him. He was featured on billboards and ads throughout the country. It was originally scheduled to be held at 4pm (Weird time) and was a unique event as it was going to be the last show with the bands original vocalist. He then walked to Doncaster railway station and purchased a one-way ticket to London which cost 31.40. [1][58] No trace of Gosden was found during the search, though it did find another body.[59]. But in 2021, 14 years after he disappeared, two men were charged with suspicion of kidnap and human trafficking in relation to Andrews case. Gallery. When they called out to him to come and eat and he didnt emerge, they went to check on him. Teenage boys eat a lot. [29], One event identified by Kevin Gosden as a possible reason for his son to have travelled to London was the 2007 YouTube Gathering. She said that was unusual for him. It was found that there was no record of any account being set up for the device or any communication being sent from it. Obviously this is all assuming the sighting was Andrew, which it might not be but I'm interested to know what you guys think Strangely, hed left 100 of birthday money in his bedroom. As a result, it harmed efforts to retrieve footage from the surrounding area. It was just a complete panic. A woman reported sitting next to Gosden, whom she described as being quiet and engrossed in playing with his video game. 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. Vanished: Heidi Broussard (33) and Margot Carey (2wks). We initially thought something must have happened on the way to school. Andrew arrived in Kings Cross at 11.20am. [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. He was likely just eating by himself, possibly killing time until meeting someone at a predetermined place and time. Kevin fears he may have been snatched by a paedophile gang after bunking off school and taking a . It is often presumed to be midday. He was a deep character who did not get worked up. In mid-September 2007, 14 year-old gifted and talented student Andrew Gosden skipped school and bought a one-way ticket to King's Cross railway station, a 170+ mile trip south from his home in South Yorkshire. The woman who reported the Covent Garden sighting was not interviewed for over 6 weeks. You need to eat and be warm. Andrew Paul Gosden was born on 10 July 1993. [14] Kevin Gosden and the wider family were cleared of any involvement. If he really wanted a Pizza Hut pizza, he would have walked past 3 or 4 before getting to the Oxford Circus one. His family have said that Andrew was a home bird who never left the house without telling them where he was going. Instead he had left the house at 8.05am but then gone to a park and waited for his family to leave before returning home, where the rock fan changed intoa pair of jeans and a Slipknot T-shirt and headed out the door. [25](4 min 40 s)[30][31] Gosden was then captured on a neighbour's CCTV system returning home. [42] The Sony PSP 1000 had a DNAS authentication system allowing Sony to see when a PSP had connected to the internet. [6] Gosden wore strong prescription glasses, is deaf in his left ear, and has a distinctive double ridge on his right ear. CCTV still of the last confirmed sighting of Andrew Gosden at Kings Cross station. [3] In January 2023, police confirmed that the investigations were still ongoing. Initially he was listed as wearing black trousers and a black T-shirt. They used sonar and found another body, but no trace of Andrew was found. They looked for him until it got dark. It was only after they found him on CCTV that they were able to specify which T-Shirt (Slipknot). . Andrews father has also described him as absent-minded, not streetwise and potentially vulnerable. Its just so shocking because its completely out of the blue. His dad said Andrew was kind of rushing around and saying he was going to be late that morning, so maybe he didn't. I think he would have gone either way as it was nearly 12pm when he arrived in London so was probably hungry when he got there teenage boys are always hungry..he was apparently sighted in Pizza HutI still cant believe for all the stores and roads in london the cameras didnt see him anywhere past the train station exit..horrible lazy police investigation so much more could have been done. [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. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Why did he go to London? I genuinely think he went for a trip to london but was picked up / targeted by an opportunist, Another thread goes on about when excited you can overlook sensible decisions (the 50p extra return) and leaving his cash but emptying his account etc, I genuinely think he planned to return but being so vulnerable was taken advantage of, So a sit down meal (buffet) in Pizza Hut may have been a treat, something to do and something different for him and at that age cool / grown up, Ill be honest I think I went to london expecting it to be a great time but eating by yourself is a way of killing time but doing something that makes you feel less lonely (if that makes sense). It might not be confirmed about having to be at Oxford Street at 12pm. In 2018, someone sent info in about a conversation they had with a person named Andy Roo. [46] Mick Neville, retired head of the Metropolitan Police's Central Images Unit, believed the SikTh theory to be plausible. 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