Police release new CCTV images of missing 19-year-old Oxford student

New CCTV images of the missing teenager Richard Okorogheye have been released, as his mother pleas for the public’s help in locating her son.

Richard, 19, who is a student at Oxford Brookes University, is believed to have left his family home in the Ladbroke Grove area on the evening of Monday, March 22 and was reported missing two days later.

Enquiries have identified Richard left his home address and headed in the direction of Ladbroke Grove at around 8.30pm.

In the last confirmed sighting of the teenager, Richard was seen boarding the 23 bus southbound in Ladbroke Grove at 8.44pm but it is unknown which stop he got off.

CCTV footage shows he was wearing all-black and had a black satchel-bag with a white ‘ADIDAS’ logo, worn across his lower back.

His mother has appealed for the publics help to find her son who suffers from sickle cell disease and had been sheltering since the first lockdown last year.

In a statement, Richard’s mother said: “Richard we love you and miss you very much, please can you come home. “We aren’t angry at you. We just want to know that you’re okay.

“For anyone reading this, we are desperately missing our son. “If you know anything or know where he might be, please come forward and speak to the police.”

Friends have used social media to spread appeals to help trace the teenager that have been shared thousands of times, including by celebrities such as the singer Dua Lipa and the author Bonnie Greer.

Officers are conducting increased patrols in the Kensal Road and Ladbroke Grove areas while detectives are continuing to utilise all investigative opportunities in an effort to locate Richard.

He is known to frequent the Westminster and Hammersmith and Fulham areas.

Detective Chief Inspector Nicki Beecher, from the Met’s Area West Public Protection Unit, said:“Our officers are continuing to work around the clock to locate Richard and bring him home to his worried family.

“We are keen to speak with anyone who may have been around Ladbroke Grove at the time of Richard’s last known sighting, you might be able to help us trace his next steps.

“If you may have seen Richard, please contact police, no detail is too insignificant.

“If Richard is safe and well, we ask him to contact us as a matter of urgency so that we can put his family’s minds at ease.”

If you have any information, please call police on 101 quoting 21MIS008134. In an emergency please call 999.