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

[vagab0nd]

How do you know he had little interest in dating? I know what we've been told about Andrew and I think his family knew him well but most teenagers don't share everything with their parents and Andrew's disappearance proves that.

In my mind, Andrew would only lose his no absence status for something very important to him. Regardless, I just feel he communicated with somebody who harmed him.

Comments from classmates. The dating scene in Europe is completely different to the US. Most of my friends in America lost their virginity before 16 and my husband's British friends never even fathomed dating or kissing at 14.

 

[submarine7]

His father wondered and even spoke about the possibility of him being gay and made a point of saying he was cool with that if so. That probably didn't come out of nowhere.

Well, he could have been interested in dating boys and an older, ill intentioned individual could have catfished him. I keep landing on this conclusion because I cannot come up with another idea that lives with what we know.

The fact his body has never been found leads me there too. It seems like whatever was on the other end had a solid plan and this is why nothing has been found.

JMO and I wish he were out there but I don't believe he is. His dad breaks my heart and I wish he could get some answers.

 

[submarine7]

Comments from classmates. The dating scene in Europe is completely different to the US. Most of my friends in America lost their virginity before 16 and my husband's British friends never even fathomed dating or kissing at 14.

I may be wrong but with so little info it's all I can think that fits with what we know. Kids may be shy at that age but if a girl or boy pursued them, they might feel differently. If this case was one of misadventure or suicide, Andrew's body would have turned up. I think it's concealed on private property and maybe outside of London.

 

[submarine7]

But how did he communicate? It wasn't online. It wasn't via post. I'm not convinced.

I'm not fully convinced he didn't have an online presence although I don't know how or where that happened but it's the only way I can imagine he went to London that day. Also, it seems LE may not have been 100% convinced he wasn't online or they wouldn't have asked his classmates if any of them had played games online with Andrew.

 

[vagab0nd]

I'm not fully convinced he didn't have an online presence although I don't know how or where that happened but it's the only way I can imagine he went to London that day. Also, it seems LE may not have been 100% convinced he wasn't online or they wouldn't have asked his classmates if any of them had played games online with Andrew.

I think LE asked the classmates as standard practice. My roommate was murdered and she had just got her first job post-grad in forensic science. Police asked me and her friends and her family if she had a relationship online or outside of work with her killer. One of the questions was like "we found no Linkedin profile for her. Do you know if she had one?" It's not a special question.

 

[vagab0nd]

I just spent 20 mins walking around Kings Cross waiting for my platform to be announced on the board and my god. Two people who looked like they were on meth and claiming to be homeless came up asking me to buy newspapers off them so they could have money for a place to sleep. One of the people showed me her weird tattoo of a teletubbie holding a mushroom. I was polite and they weren't persistent when I said no thanks. They weren't scary and I wasn't afraid because I was in a public place, but I can imagine someone like that coming up to Andrew and him being too awkward to say no.