Case overview
On 14 September 2007, Andrew Paul Gosden, a 14-year-old schoolboy from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, disappeared after travelling alone to Central London. In December 2021, two men were arrested on suspicion of kidnap and human trafficking in connection with the case. [1]
Despite extensive national appeals, no confirmed sightings have been reported since, and his whereabouts remain unknown. On 11 January 2022, South Yorkshire Police stated that on 8 December 2021 detectives had arrested two men, aged 38 and 45, on suspicion of kidnapping and human trafficking. In September 2023, South Yorkshire Police announced that both of the arrested men had been released without charge, and that they were "confident the two men arrested played no part in Gosden's disappearance". [2]
