My heart’s been ripped apart, says mother of Richard Okorogheye Rhi Storer
The mother of Richard Okorogheye has spoken of her heart being “ripped apart” after the student’s body was found in a lake in Epping Forest, Essex.
Evidence Joel, a community nurse, said she was “completely hollow and devastated and empty” after police confirmed on Wednesday that the body found on Monday was that of her 19-year-old son.
“Life is already empty, there’s like a cloud just hovering around, it took the sun away from me,” she said. “At this moment of time I just want answers as how my son lost his life. I want answers. I desperately need closure.”
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Richard Okorogheye’s mother hopes to build a foundation in his name to support sufferers of sickle cell disease and young people with their mental health, after her son “struggled to cope” during lockdown.
Evidence Joel has thanked the public for donating to a fundraiser, set up by her cousin Blessing Okorji, to cover funeral costs and to build a memorial bench near where Mr Okorogheye was found.
Police confirmed a body found in a lake in Epping Forest, Essex, on Monday was that of the 19-year-old student, who was reported missing two weeks ago.
Richard Okorogheye’s body was found in a lake in Epping Forest (Ian West/PA)
Okorogheye, a first-year computer science student at Oxford Brookes University, left his family home in the Ladbroke Grove area of west London on the evening of 22 March at about 8.30pm.
Police said further inquiries have established that he took a taxi journey from the W2 area of London to a residential street in Loughton, Essex. He was last seen on CCTV in Loughton, walking alone on Smarts Lane towards Epping Forest at 12.39am on Tuesday 23 March. He was reported missing the following day.
On Monday, the Metropolitan police said they were informed by Essex police that a body had been found in a lake. The death is being treated as unexplained and police do not believe at this stage that there was any third-party involvement or any suspicious activity.
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Richard Okorogheye: Student s mother says she has been ripped apart by his death
The mother of Richard Okorogheye, whose body was found in a lake in Epping Forest, has told Sky News her heart feels as if it has been ripped apart .
Evidence Joel said she is completely hollow and devastated and empty after police confirmed yesterday that the body found in Essex on Monday was the 19-year-old s. At this moment of time I just want answers as how my son lost his life. I want answers. I desperately need closure, she told Sky News.