Ben Needham

[Patti]

South Yorkshire police are to travel to island of Kos to examine a mound of earth close to where Ben went missing.

http://news.sky.com/story/999208/missing-ben-needham-new-search-in-greece

[nugnug]

are i had almost forgotten about this case.

[susan]

Hi nugnug little Ben Needham disappearing from outside his grandparents home in broad daylight must be 23 or 24 years ago now.

[OnceSaid]

Saw this on this news tonight.  I hope that if he is dead that he is found so that his mother gets closure, though she still believes him to be alive.  Really sad 

[gordo30]

I think this is one of the saddest possible break throughs in any case. In all the time and in various documentaries over the years I have always felt that Bens mum had taken some solace in believeing him to be alive but being brought up by other adults. If the worst was to happen i fear she must be brought back  to those early days again and the failure of the police to locate him at any stage over the years is a blatant failure of theirs.

[nugnug]

how could this mound of earth have not been noticed before.

[Patti]

I think a 1 year old has had either an accident/murdered or been abducted.  This mound has never been examined...I hope for Kerry sake they find nothing......

[Patti]

I think this search will be interesting.  When you look at it, just like we did in the April Jones case.  We have a remote place off the beaten track and child abducted.  How rare is that? Very rare indeed.  I think South Yorkshire police are right to investigate, for it could have been an accident that no one knew what happened at the time........If it's not the case then I feel Kerry will continue with her world search for her son....

[OnceSaid]

how could this mound of earth have not been noticed before.

The mound of earth wasn't there on the day Ben went missing.  The area where the mound is now was searched, but it was searched in the dark with torches. Sometime after, (not sure how long after), the mound of earth was placed in that area. 

[nugnug]

but i doubt if a mound of earth would of just stayed the untouched for all those years i find it hard to believe it is that old.

[OnceSaid]

how could this mound of earth have not been noticed before.

Several articles say the mound wasn't there on the day, but Bens mum says the mound was there on the day he went missing

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/19/ben-needham-kos-search_n_1984719.html?ncid=GEP

[OnceSaid]

but i doubt if a mound of earth would of just stayed the untouched for all those years i find it hard to believe it is that old.

It would have been left at the time as a mound of earth, then nature takes over and it would then blend into the landscape.

[Patti]

Do you guy's think they will find anything? 

[Patti]

Update from yesterday.  The police searching for Ben have shifted the mound of earth and reduced it at ground level.  The police are sifting the dirt and have found small items from a car that is thought to be one of the cars that Ben had with him on the day he went missing.  However, they have to prove this of course....They have also found other toys in the same vicinity, along with animal bones.....There is on anthropologist on site. 

Kerry has now returned to Kos, but wont be visiting the place where her son went missing 21 years ago.  She gave an emotional plea for help yesterday and had to held by her mother...Kerry was shaking and she said that her this has made her family stronger and she will continue to find her son....

[Patti]

Latest update reveals no trace of Ben. The UK police are on their way home and no further to finding him after 23 years...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223601/Still-sign-Ben-Needham-police-team-finish-digging-operation-Greek-island-Kos.html