On September 14, 2007, 14-year-old Andrew Gosden bought a one-way ticket to London and traveled halfway across the UK alone.

On September 14, 2007, 14-year-old Andrew Gosden bought a one-way ticket to London and traveled halfway across the UK alone. Upon arriving in the capital, he vanished without a trace and hasn’t been heard from since. The more you learn about the case, the stranger it gets 

On the morning he vanished, Andrew had trouble waking up and appeared more irritable than usual. He left the house at 8:05 a.m. and was spotted by a family friend walking through a park toward his regular bus stop, but he never boarded the school bus that day.

Instead, Gosden withdrew £200 from a nearby ATM, which was nearly all his money. CCTV footage showed him returning home, where he changed into a black Slipknot T-shirt, black jeans and took a bag, along with his wallet, keys, and PSP console.

By 8:30 a.m., Andrew left home once more and headed to Doncaster railway station, where he bought a one-way ticket to London for £31.40, even though he was informed that a return ticket was only 50p more. At 9:35 a.m., he was spotted boarding the train alone.

When Andrew didn’t show up at school, his teachers tried to reach his parents but left a message on the wrong phone. He arrived at King's Cross station in London at 11:20 a.m., and CCTV captured him leaving the main entrance at 11:25 a.m. This was the last confirmed sighting.

That evening, the Gosden family assumed Andrew was either playing video games in the cellar or doing homework in his room. When they realized he wasn’t home, they thought he might be with a friend. After learning he hadn’t been at school, they called the police at 7:00 p.m.

Three days later, police confirmed Andrew had traveled to London after speaking with the ticket seller, who remembered him declining a return ticket. The family distributed flyers around London, focusing on places Andrew might visit, like museums.

The family and police considered the possibility that Andrew had gone to London to meet someone from the internet. However, he didn’t use a computer at home, had no email, and hadn’t set up accounts on his Xbox or PSP. Forensics on school and library computers found no activity.