A police watchdog is investigating whether police failed to properly handle the disappearance of tragic Richard Okorogheye because of his ethnicity.
Today the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) confirmed it is probing the Met Police response after the 19-year-old vanished from his home in Ladbroke Grove in West London.
It follows a complaint by Richard's mum Evidence Joel, who previously alleged she was told by police : "If you can't find your son, how do you expect police officers to find your son for you?" Richard was reported on March 23, and his body was discovered in Epping Forest, Essex, nearly two weeks later on Monday April 5.
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