Today (14th September) marks the third anniversary of the day
teenager Andrew Gosden disappeared from home. He was 14 at the time, but will be 17 now. On that day, three years ago, Andrew took a small number of belongings and boarded a train from his home in Doncaster to Kings Cross, where he was last seen.
There were no arguments before he left and his family are completely ‘baffled’ as to why he disappeared.
I can’t even begin to imagine how the last three years must have been for Andrew’s family. Kevin, his father says, “You can’t resolve anything in your own head because you just don’t know anything, whether he is alive or dead. You’re just in this awful, unbearable limbo and you just don’t know remotely how to deal with it.”
“A part of you keeps some hope and a part semi-grieves. The over-ruling feeling is still one of complete bafflement as to what on earth made him walk out the door that day. Nothing that we knew about him would suggest that he would be uncaring enough not to contact us, to leave us in pain. He wasn’t like that, that is what makes us worry.”
And I certainly can’t begin to imagine what the last three years have been like for Andrew. All I can do is hope and pray that, wherever he is, he is safe; and that one day he may be able to return home.
My thoughts and prayers continue with all of the Gosden family, and especially on this anniversary day.
For more information, please see, Andrew’s Facebook Group; the Missing People website; and the Help Find My Child website.
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Andrew Gosden (now 18) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
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A friend of mine had a son who walked out and they never heard from him for five years. In fact, they received a false report on his death but five years after he walked out he called home. He had relocated to the other side of the country and wanted to come back home. He is now living at home with his family and everyone is readjusting well. My prayer is that Andrew’s story will end the same way.
Hi Sherman. Thank you for taking the time to relate the experience of your friend. I will let Andrew’s father know that you’ve left it. I’m sure he, and the family, will appreciate the sense of hope it engenders.
I would certainly want to echo your prayer that Andrew’s story will end the same as your friend’s son.
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