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Richard Okorogheye: New confirmed sighting of missing London student as police search forest in Essex
Police investigating the disappearance of student Richard Okorogheye have been carrying out searches in Epping Forest, Essex, after a new confirmed sighting of him nearby.
Latest enquires have established he took a taxi journey from the W2 area of London to a residential street in Loughton.
Officers have now begun combing the forest as well as carrying out door-to-door enquiries in the area.
Mr Okorogheye, a student at Oxford Brookes University, left his family home in the Ladbroke Grove area of west London on the evening of Monday 22 March, and was reported missing two days later.
Richard Okorogheye: Search expanded for missing student, 19, after new CCTV sighting
19-year-old Richard Okorogheye went missing from west London on March 22 and was picked up on CCTV a day later in Loughton in Essex. His mum says they are desperately missing him
Missing student Richard Okorogheye, hasn t been sighted in over a week (Image: PA)
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By Press Association 2021
Richard Okorogheye missing
Police investigating the disappearance of student Richard Okorogheye have said there has been “no activity” on his mobile phone.
Mr Okorogheye, 19, 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.
The Metropolitan Police have released CCTV images of the Oxford Brookes University student in Loughton, Essex, in the early hours of Tuesday March 23.
But Mr Okorogheye’s phone has not been in use since his disappearance, officers investigating the case said .
Mr Okorogheye’s phone has not been in use since his disappearance (Metropolitan Police/PA).
By Press Association 2021
Richard Okorogheye missing
Police investigating the disappearance of student Richard Okorogheye have said there has been “no activity” on his mobile phone.
Mr Okorogheye, 19, 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.
The Metropolitan Police have released CCTV images of the Oxford Brookes University student in Loughton, Essex, in the early hours of Tuesday March 23.
But Mr Okorogheye’s phone has not been in use since his disappearance, officers investigating the case said .
Mr Okorogheye’s phone has not been in use since his disappearance (Metropolitan Police/PA).