shadowdancer
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I always subscribe to the theory that the simplest explanation is the one most likely to be true.
I think Andrew went to London because he was being bullied by other kids at his school and he couldn't take it anymore. The timing of his disappearance supports this too - the new school year had just started and he would have had to face the bullies again after a summer without them. He didn't take the bus home from school in the days leading up to his disappearance, possibly because the bullies were on the bus.. A former classmate of Andrew's has said on another site that bullying was commonplace on the bus home from school.
He had been to London many times before, so had some degree of familiarity with it. Also, kids from Andrew's part of the country always seem to revere London (probably because this part of the country is not particularly exciting!).
I think he decided to get away from Doncaster and his school and go to London. Maybe he intended to go to his relative's house and ask to live there with them. He didn't call in advance because he didn't want them to alert his parents to his plan.
As to why he disappeared - there are various possibilities, the most obvious of which is that he crossed paths with somebody who did him harm before he got to his final destination at his relative's house.
I think Andrew went to London because he was being bullied by other kids at his school and he couldn't take it anymore. The timing of his disappearance supports this too - the new school year had just started and he would have had to face the bullies again after a summer without them. He didn't take the bus home from school in the days leading up to his disappearance, possibly because the bullies were on the bus.. A former classmate of Andrew's has said on another site that bullying was commonplace on the bus home from school.
He had been to London many times before, so had some degree of familiarity with it. Also, kids from Andrew's part of the country always seem to revere London (probably because this part of the country is not particularly exciting!).
I think he decided to get away from Doncaster and his school and go to London. Maybe he intended to go to his relative's house and ask to live there with them. He didn't call in advance because he didn't want them to alert his parents to his plan.
As to why he disappeared - there are various possibilities, the most obvious of which is that he crossed paths with somebody who did him harm before he got to his final destination at his relative's house.