Richard Okorogheye: Last News

Mourners have this afternoon gathered for the funeral of teenager Richard Okorogheye - while also remembering the victims of Grenfell by wearing green.

A police watchdog is investigating whether police failed to properly handle the disappearance of tragic Richard Okorogheye because of his ethnicity.

The family of missing student Richard Okorogheye have raised more than £20,000 after police found his body in a pond.

The devastated mum of Richard Okorogheye, whose son was found dead in a forest lake, claimed police appeared to “count the minutes” when she would call about him.

The Telegraph , he said: “I haven't announced it (like the former Arsenal player Thierry Henry did this week when he publicly quit social media, in response to anonymous racist bullying) but I have been forced to step away from Twitter and Facebook myself, because it was getting too much.

missing teenager Richard Okorogheye says she "can't eat or sleep" since a body was found in the search for him.Richard, 19, disappeared more than two weeks ago on March 22 and earlier this week police investigating discovered a body in a pond. It is still awaiting formal identification.Hala Mohamed, 18, has known the student all her life after living in the same apartment building in Ladbroke Grove, west London, and attending secondary school and sixth form college together.She told My London: "This is the worst feeling ever.

missing west London teenager has been told by police the news that a body found in Essex matches that of her son.Richard Okorogheye from Ladbroke Grove, Kensington, left his family home on March 22 and was last captured walking towards Epping Forest in the early hours of March 23.On Monday (April 5) Essex Police confirmed that the body of a man had been found in a pond in Epping Forest and Richard's mum has told MyLondon that the description of the body" matches" her son.Richard's mum, Evidence Joel, told the publication in an emotionally charged call: "Oh God, they said the description matches his, but we’ll go in tomorrow to find out."The body has not yet been formally identified and the police are still yet to release any further

Police investigating the disappearance of missing teenager Richard Okorogheye have found a body.Detectives from Essex Police found the body of a man in a pond in Epping Forest with enquiries underway to identify the body.Richard's family are being supported by specially trained officers and are being kept updated on developments, a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said. The 19-year-old student has not been seen by his family since March 22 when he left their home in the Ladbroke Grove area of west London.

missing student has expanded outside of London after he was caught on CCTV in Essex.Richard Okorogheye, 19, an Oxford Brookes University student, was reported missing on Monday, March 22 and detectives have been trying to locate him and return him to his family.Police have confirmed that the new sighting of Richard placed him in Loughton, Essex on Tuesday, March 23, the day after he disappeared.The Met Police have undertaken a search of the area after Richard was seen on camera at around 12.39am.Richard, who suffers from sickle cell disease and no medication with him, left his family home in the Ladbroke Grove area of Kensington on the evening of Monday.In a previously confirmed sighting on March 22, Richard was seen boarding the 23 bus

Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid, 50, took to Twitter this evening to share an emotional appeal for a missing boy.The television personality said her “heart breaks” as she shared a video of the mother of Oxford student Richard Okorogheye calling for any information about her son.Susanna posted in front of her 825,000 followers on Twitter, urging anyone with information to come forward.She wrote: “My heart breaks for Richard’s mum.“If you have any information or may have seen this young man, last seen in West London, please call police on 101 quoting 21MIS008134.”Richard, 19, is a student from west London who has been missing for a week.He has sickle cell disease and has not been seen since he left to meet a friend on March 22.His

lockdown. Richard Okorogheye, 19, has been missing since Monday, March 22, when he told his mum he was going to visit a friend.