UK UK - Andrew Gosden, 14, Doncaster, South Yorks, 14 Sep 2007 #2

[Fake Protagonist]

I do wonder what the police had on the two people they arrested a few years ago? Evidently not much, as they were cleared but I’m still curious as to why they were arrested or considered suspects in the first place. Devices were seized, which made me think they could have had pictures of Andrew or had online contact with him in the past.

There were some reports that the arrest was the result of an anonymous tip. But that's about as much info as we were given.

 

[davidt]

Mirror has a new article. Not sure it adds anything new.

Boy, 14, skipped school, bought a train ticket and was never seen again

Andrew Gosden was just 14 when he bought a one-way ticket to Kings Cross station in London and never came home. Despite numerous reported sightings over the years, his whereabouts remain a mystery

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[espirtu pampa]

Mirror has a new article. Not sure it adds anything new.

Boy, 14, skipped school, bought a train ticket and was never seen again

Andrew Gosden was just 14 when he bought a one-way ticket to Kings Cross station in London and never came home. Despite numerous reported sightings over the years, his whereabouts remain a mystery

www.mirror.co.uk

Behind a paywall for me. ^^

 

[davidt]

Behind a paywall for me. ^^

Shouldn't be as I just clicked on it. Are you outside the UK by any chance? That's the only thing I can think of.

 

[espirtu pampa]

Shouldn't be as I just clicked on it. Are you outside the UK by any chance? That's the only thing I can think of.

Yes, Belgium.
Do you know the reason we can't access some newspapers and some we can ?

Thank you very much for caring.

 

[davidt]

Yes, Belgium.
Do you know the reason we can't access some newspaper and some we can ?

Thank you very much for caring.

Sorry I have no idea. I'm in the UK and it's not pay walled here. Don't know if this applies.

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[Danaya]

Boy, 14, skipped school, bought a train ticket and was never seen again
Andrew Gosden was just 14 when he bought a one-way ticket to Kings Cross station in London and never came home. Despite numerous reported sightings over the years, his whereabouts remain a mystery

By Gemma Strong Lifestyle Writer
11:00, 15 Nov 2025

It's a mystery that has haunted Andrew Gosden's family for more than 18 years. On 14 September 2007, the then-14-year-old disappeared from his home in Doncaster. He was last spotted on CCTV leaving Kings Cross Station - and has never been seen since.

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[FaerieDust]

Boy, 14, skipped school, bought a train ticket and was never seen again
Andrew Gosden was just 14 when he bought a one-way ticket to Kings Cross station in London and never came home. Despite numerous reported sightings over the years, his whereabouts remain a mystery

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"It's never too late to share information with police. If you think you know something that could help officers find Andrew, please contact us online or via 101. We are aware of recent disinformation which has been circulating online about this case. Such disinformation is distressing for Andrew's family and unhelpful to the investigation."

What is the disinformation they're talking about?

 

[Rolypolyoly]

What is the disinformation they're talking about?

I've not seen anything recently.

 

[Konstantin]

I've not seen anything recently.

A YouTube video apparently with all kinds of ridiculous rumours. Best avoided.

 

[Rolypolyoly]

A YouTube video apparently with all kinds of ridiculous rumours. Best avoided.

Ah, I dont watch YouTube videos or crime podcasts, im better with written info so thats good!

 

[Hustling01]

First time posting in his threads, but Andrew lives rent free in my head and I hope there'll be some sort of closure someday.

A couple of things I have been thinking about:
People have been asking "Why London? Why not city X or city Y, closer by?" Obviously we'll neve know, but for me.. I'm in the Netherlands, and I love Amsterdam, even before I had ever been there. So much so that I moved there, and indeed, it feels like this is where I belong. Groningen, Zwolle or Utrecht to name a few are all closer to where I used to live, but I have never wanted to go. I just wanted to go to Amsterdam, simple as that.

The Andyroo post seemed like.. something. But then with the needing 200 pound for rent.. That just seems like a troll to me. If the amount had been any other number, I would have been inclined to believe it could be Andrew.

If the sighting at Pizza Hunt is legit, and I think I do believe it is, then meeting someone in London makes no sense to me. This was 1.5 to 2.5 hours? after getting to London? And he had been alone the entire period? It could be that they had agreed to meet at a later time, and it wouldn't have made sense for him to hang around his town where he could have been spotted.. But still, why would you agree to meet at 15.00 or later, while you had to travel at 09.30? Plus, I read somewhere that this train had been delayed, which is why Andrew took this train. If he had wanted or needed to have this particular train due to meeting someone at a specific earlier time, he would have been too late if the train had run on time. So I guess I'm going with a day out, by himself. There was no one waiting for him.

Apologies if my English sucks.

this actually makes a lot of sense. If he was meeting someone they would be waiting at or near the train station even if his train was delayed because andrew was a kid by himself no adult would leave him alone. If he was to meet teens again they would have met him somewhere and would have gone to pizza hut with him but nobody recalls a group of teens. I wonder did he get to london go for a look around got hungry then had pizza and planned on meeting someone and something happened?

 

[Hustling01]

That is 100% Andrew. Not even up for debate imo.

kid looks different

 

[Hustling01]

What if andrew came back to doncaster? What if he went to london to meet up with someone maybe his own age and the dad drove andrew to doncaster and andrew saw someone he trusted got into their vehicle and something happened? Of course this does not explain why the person didnt report this to the police at the time maybe we will never know

 

[ChatteringBirds]

@Hustling01 If he actually met someone his age in London, I can't imagine as a parent someone just driving him the long distance back home without wanting to speak with his parents when dropping him off. Also I think that person would have come forward by now. And why would he have needed to then get into another vehicle in Doncaster? I'm sure any legitimate ride would have brought him home. But JMO.

 

[ekardh]

kid looks different

It's a person with the same build as Andrew, with the same hairstyle, wearing a black graphic tee, carrying a dark satchel, walking down Andrew's street at the time he bunked off. It's Andrew.

 

[ekardh]

A lot of this case depends on if you believe Andrew cut loose and went on a solo adventure only to be preyed on by an opportunistic predator, or if he had plans to meet someone and that individual harmed him. The sighting at Oxford Street Pizza Hut was a lone sighting, which might support the former, but it was unconfirmed. It still wouldn't rule out Andrew meeting said individual after he'd eaten at Pizza Hut.

It cannot be overstated how much the police dropped the ball by not reviewing the CCTV in time. I know it's a laborious process, but this case may have been solved already if not for that.

 

[davidt]

A lot of this case depends on if you believe Andrew cut loose and went on a solo adventure only to be preyed on by an opportunistic predator, or if he had plans to meet someone and that individual harmed him. The sighting at Oxford Street Pizza Hut was a lone sighting, which might support the former, but it was unconfirmed. It still wouldn't rule out Andrew meeting said individual after he'd eaten at Pizza Hut.

It cannot be overstated how much the police dropped the ball by not reviewing the CCTV in time. I know it's a laborious process, but this case may have been solved already if not for that.

I agree with all that. I'd add a third possibility. That Andrew had plans to meet someone but those plans were interrupted. Truth is we don't have a single clue what he was up to.

 

[JSolt1210]

A lot of this case depends on if you believe Andrew cut loose and went on a solo adventure only to be preyed on by an opportunistic predator, or if he had plans to meet someone and that individual harmed him.

That's a very good distinction to make, and it's one of the things that makes this case so frustrating.

My hunch is that Andrew was secretly communicating with someone via school computers (which, from what I understand, were never checked), met with this person in the time he supposedly was walking home from school, and made plans to meet up with this person on the day he disappeared.

But there's literally zero evidence for any of this. In fact, every time Andrew was seen on that day—inside the train, at King's Cross on CCTV, and maybe at Pizza Hut—he was alone. And I know that absence of evidence does not necessarily equal evidence of absence. But when you can't support your hunch with proof, then you have to consider alternatives.

So if he went to London on a solo adventure, what was he there for? Apparently there was a rock/metal concert nearby, which would interest him. But I feel like a solo kid at a concert would stick out, and maybe other fans, especially ones his age, would interact with him (e.g., complimenting his Slipknot t-shirt), and yet no one has come forward saying they saw or spoke to him.

Conversely, if he was at that concert with someone, maybe that's why he wasn't noticed, because how often do you notice an individual when they're with other people?

I'm beginning to wonder if he went somewhere else after London, like took another train somewhere. Apart from the possible Pizza Hut sighting, no one else saw him in London. And if he took another train, maybe that CCTV footage was erased by the time police started checking.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

My hunch is that Andrew was secretly communicating with someone via school computers (which, from what I understand, were never checked), met with this person in the time he supposedly was walking home from school, and made plans to meet up with this person on the day he disappeared.

I also tend to think him walking home from school wasn't just a coincidence and is a clue, but I go back-and-forth about whether he was probably meeting someone or just avoiding bullies on the bus and then taking a day off from school to see London.

I have no doubt there were probably boys at his school who were the opposite of nice, when I hear what my own son has witnessed and even had to put up with himself. So I do think he may have been compelled to just get away for a day.

Every option of what could have happened to him is heartbreaking. His trust was destroyed by someone, either before he went to London or after he arrived. ETA: Or both. IMO.