Richard Okorogheye. Credit: Met Police Speaking to the national
Guardian newspaper, Mr Okorogheye’s mother, Evidence Joel, said waiting for information on her son’s whereabouts has been hell . She told the paper: Every day is a nightmare for me now. I feel completely helpless. Helpless, and also, sorry to use this word, but I feel useless. Because I want to go out there, to do something to look for him, search for him, anything. But I can’t , she said of needing to remain at home in case he makes contact. Richard Okorogheye. Credit: Met Police Scotland Yard previously said that detectives continue to keep an open mind about the Oxford Brookes University student’s whereabouts.
By Press Association 2021
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The mother of missing student Richard Okorogheye has said her life has become a “complete nightmare” in the wake of his disappearance.
Mr Okorogheye, who has sickle cell disease, left his family home in the Ladbroke Grove area of west London on the evening of Monday March 22, and was reported missing two days later.
He was last seen on CCTV in Loughton, Essex, in the early hours of Tuesday March 23, walking towards Epping Forest.
The Metropolitan Police said the search of woodland continued for a fourth day on Sunday but nothing of relevance to the investigation has been found.