I haven’t seen any updates today. Does anyone feel that other recent cases when people are missing (such as Sarah Everard) were given far more coverage than this one?
I think they have something that is directing them somewhere else. It's the easter bank holiday and the 1st one since the restrictions have eased - Epping forest will get its fair share of foot fall over the next 4 days and you'd think they'd want to take advantage of that if they felt he was in there or there was evidence.
The temperatures were close to freezing that night. I can't see him being outdoors from 9pm to midnight in what looks like just a sweatshirt, young or not. Surely he must have been inside somewhere for most of that time. I'm presuming he didn't make any purchases either or they would be able to say where he was and get a better idea of his reasons for being out, between leaving home and getting in the taxi.
The temperatures were close to freezing that night. I can't see him being outdoors from 9pm to midnight in what looks like just a sweatshirt, young or not. Surely he must have been inside somewhere for most of that time. I'm presuming he didn't make any purchases either or they would be able to say where he was and get a better idea of his reasons for being out, between leaving home and getting in the taxi.
He was known to frequent London’s Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham areas.
The bus was heading to the W2 area, so IMO he met someone there for a couple of hours then went on to Loughton.
JMO
Breck Bednar sprang to my mind too. There are some similarities.I think if he is not found today it’s unlikely that there’s been any kind of suicide.
The Breck Bednar murder has been in my mind since Richard went missing but I really hope nothing like that has happened to him.
His Mum was on night duty then, so wouldn’t have questioned where he was going.It was an odd time to be meeting someone especially when he had to travel so far to get there. MOO
He was known to frequent London’s Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham areas.
The bus was heading to the W2 area, so IMO he met someone there for a couple of hours then went on to Loughton.
JMO
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I think his father's comments are interestting and insightful.In an interview with GCFRNG, his father, Christian Okorogheye described him as a tall and strong teenager who enjoys talking to his friend.
His father also blames his disappearance on depression following the lockdown and long stay at home.
“He is a tall strong man; he enjoys talking to his friends. At a point, he got cut off from his friends. Somehow, it happened that he met some people who we were not 100% sure about.
“It has been very devastating. I don’t know how to describe it but it is serious. All we want to do now is how to get him back and tell us his story.
“Richard has been on some kind of setting at home and I think that got him depressed in some ways. When you keep someone at home for like one month plus, and with all these things happening, it added to it. I think he got really fed up of the whole thing,” Christian Okorogheye told GCFRNG.
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It seems to me that after he gets out of the taxi he takes his phone out of his bag. If that's what he's doing, it suggests he wasn't using it in the taxi, at least in the latter part of the journey. I find that kind of unusual.
Or is it already in his hand as he gets out?
Did he just want to use it for the torch? Is the road lit beyond that point?
footage https://twitter.com/TJFrancisLive/status/1377616880639299592
It seems to me that after he gets out of the taxi he takes his phone out of his bag. If that's what he's doing, it suggests he wasn't using it in the taxi, at least in the latter part of the journey. I find that kind of unusual.
Or is it already in his hand as he gets out?
Did he just want to use it for the torch? Is the road lit beyond that point?
footage https://twitter.com/TJFrancisLive/status/1377616880639299592
Yes I think it's already in his hand as he gets out of the car, but I don't think he puts it in his bag, I think he's still holding it.I thought the opposite.
I saw the light on the phone just as he got out of the taxi (possibly just paid using his phone).
Then I think he put his phone INTO his Addidas bag after switching it off.
I thought the opposite.
I saw the light on the phone just as he got out of the taxi (possibly just paid using his phone).
Then I think he put his phone INTO his Addidas bag after switching it off.
Yes I think you're right, I think he doesn't put anything in or take anything out of his bag, I think he's just swapping which hand he's holding the bag with.To me it looks like he has it in his hand already when he gets out as for a second you can see an illuminated rectangle as he is climbing out the cab. It looks like he's holding his bag too by this point so then swaps hands as he is walking along the street and you can see the phone again. JMO