There is a picture in this thread; http://www.partyvibe.com/forums/chat/49796-missing-friend.html

Ok…keep us updated then, ehh? I really hope they find this geezer…

Fears grow for man who went missing after rave (From This Is Local London)

3 possible sightings at the weekend there.

@Logue {the1log} 471321 wrote:

Me 2, the thing is the cctv picture shows him wearing a red hoodie that wasn’t mentioned in the missing report I read, dunno but they may get some more leads from showing that picture to people who were in the area. The jacket he’s wearing in the image could be blue but I can’t tell. It could be bad pixells but it looks like he’s bleeding from his nose too. They also confirmed that a body they found was NOT him which is a relief. I know this may seem a bit cold but I bet the government will use this to impose harsher laws against squat partys.

unfortunately (speaking as someone who also installs CCTV systems now and then) bad pixels show up as a bright colour of red/blue or green, and modern systems particularly those intended as evidence quality map them out as they are distracting and could perhaps be the difference between scum being caught or going free due to a legal technicality in spite of clear evidence.

I wouldn’t class either the Logues comments or even any reaction of Government (as much as I disagree with a lot of what the present govt does) as “cold”. That picture looks like one of a young man who has been beaten. yet the chap comes across as streetwise and popular and not a “newbie” young boy what would accidentally fall into the Grand Union, unfortunately it may well be the case he was dumped in there by his attackers wanting to finish the job.

Life is cheap in London these days and you can get into real bad situations for being from the wrong “ends” (it was starting to get like that even 20 years ago when I lived there). However 20 years ago even in inner city London you could stand up to bullies, put up a bit of a front and come out of it alive (or I would not be here). These days they will fight back and kill.

The only reason feds and locals tolerate illegal (or even legal) dance music events anywhere (not just East London / South Essex) is when they are safer than the other “townie” (or perhaps TOWIE?) style events. in my current town illegal raves got locked off 10 years ago not becaus the locals or cops were “backward / fascist / killjoys” but because bad shit really happened there, one lad drowned in the river, another was slashed across the face. then when this shit started at legal venues and escalated into beatings, murder and shooting these events got locked off too.

if people can’t play nice, those in authority take the playground off them. I’m even reading posts on Dutch party sites hinting that some areas are getting their events stopped not because of drugs but due to a rise in violent incidents there including stabbings and beatings, and its ravers themselves (not right wing media) confirming these incidents have happened. all this is a country with even better drugs than ours.

whats worse is if the first body wasn’t this lad, that means there’s two young men killed in the same area. Wouldn’t surprise me though, its one reason why I no longer bother to travel to London or big cities and even am careful who I hang around with locally, my life outside of party/drugs scenes is way too good at the moment to risk any jumped up little shit trying to take it from me on a whim.

sad stuff, if he was done over hope the people do some life sentences.

Has it been confirmed that the body is Andrew Cooke?

CHINGFORD: Parents pay tribute to tragic son (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

It has been confirmed that the body found was that of Andrew Cooke,

my deepest sympathies to his family and friends, its is clear he was very much loved and respected

oh no 🙁 .. so scary things, like everyone said, poor family, so awful… it could just be anyone of us that doesn’t come home one day. is so sad how people treat each other. sad sad. he looks like a friendly too…

It’s unlikely the police will do anything.

The body will have been identified by DNA.

They’ll run a full post mortem, with toxicology reports and check for injuries before/after.

Without any firm evidence of fatal injury prior to submergence, the likelihood is that it’ll be an unexplained death with no suspicious circumstances.

Sadly I know the process only too well; it’s exactly what happened to my father in 2005 – he went missing, 3 weeks later he was found on the banks of the River Clyde with a fractured skull but the police couldn’t say whether it had occurred as he landed or before, so the cause of death was unexplained.

I hope that it was purely an accident, for the peace of the family.

RIP Kiddo.

Shit sorry to hear about your dad swedger_alex, must have been such a long 3 weeks, and difficult time for you and your family