Ben Needham MEGATHREAD

[rothschild]

I'm another one hoping for the family's sake that their hopes aren't going to be raised, only to be dashed, and that they get the answers they have sought since Ben vanished..

 

However, looking at the face of the chap being DNA-tested, I don't think the chap's nose is quite right. Looking at the family resemblances of Kerry, Kerry's mum and Leighanna, Ben's sister, I would expect the adult Ben to be very like Kerry, facially, with a sharper nose, not the broad, snub-nose that this chap has. (and the sharp nose that the age-projected images of "Ben" has)

 

It would be wonderful for the family, if this chap does turn out to be Ben, but I'm not so sure it will be him.

 

 

I'm inclined to feel the same. I also thought that the nose was wrong.

 

When I first heard this news I was filled with hope that it might be Ben but after seeing the picture I don't feel quite so hopeful.

Having said that.......it isn't a very good picture so until the DNA results are back there is still hope.

 

It would be wonderful for the family if it was Ben though.

[puddinburner]

Kerry has been through enough over the year's, Ben's roughly the same age as my eldest and I also recall calling into her shop at Hillsborough. Lovely lass.

She deserves closure, her will to never give up amazes me.

Of course he'll look nowt like the photo fits!

He may have his grandads nose for all anyone knows?

Most blonde kids go darker hair too.

I really do hope it's him but what comes next if it is?

He's been brought up Roma?

Love to you Kerry luv xxxxxx

[tara]

This from the Help Find Ben Needham FB page a couple of hours ago:

 

STATEMENT RE NEWS EVENTS

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"We can now confirm that this afternoon, a man who says he is a 21 year old Romanian handed himself in to Greek authorities and a DNA test HAS now been carried out willingly. Kerry Needham would like to release the following statement:

 

"I have just heard from Greece that the young man in the video has handed himself in to Greek authorities. He claims he is Romanian and was working in Limassol. The gypsies who were in his company are his girlfriend's family as she is Roma. He has willingly given DNA, so we are waiting on a result."

 

DNA Results are expected to take 2 to 3 days to get back."

 

I do hope they find him but they have said that the media have suddenly picked up on every possible sighting recently, when there have been many sightings over the years which have been negative and not been publicised. Fingers crossed for this one though.

 

This information has been found to be false

Here is the latest info from the Help Find Ben Needham team on my FB feed

 

"Again, please do not automatically believe all media reports. Greek media are reporting that the man I. The video in Cyprus has handed himself in for DNA Testing. From the info we have - this is FALSE. The man has not been located. "

[Mr Bloom]

MISSING SHEFFIELD BOY BEN NEEDHAM DNA TEST

 

The family of missing Sheffield boy Ben Needham are facing an anxious wait after Greek detectives announced they are to DNA test a young man living with a Roma family in Cyprus - which could be Ben.

 

Ben, from Sheffield, disappeared while on a family holiday in Cyprus in 1991 when he was just 21 months old.

 

His mum, Kerry Needham has never given up her search for him.

 

Now it has emerged a young man living with a Roma family in Cyprus will be DNA tested after evidence emerged suggesting he could be the missing tot.

 

Kerry, aged 41, said: “It’s scary.

 

“My head is all over the place.

 

“I have seen a photograph of the man and it does bear a resemblance to Ben.

 

“The image came from a reliable source.”

 

Ben, who would now be 23, vanished on the Greek island of Kos in 1991.

 

It has been reported an anonymous tipster approached the Lawyers Association in Kos with an image of the man believed to be Ben.

 

A video clip shows a man Greek sources say is aged between 20 and 25, with four other men from the Roma community, attending a church service in Limassol in Cyprus.

 

President of the association, Panayiotis Avrithis, handed the images to Alexandra Moussoura, the area’s District Attorney.

 

Greek police have described the development as ‘highly significant’.

 

Officers from South Yorkshire Police travelled to the Greek resort last year to conduct a search on a piece of wasteland in the hunt for Ben but the exercise proved fruitless.

 

Kerry told a television station: “We have always believed that Ben’s abduction was gypsy-related and have had a long ongoing inquiry in Larissa.”

 

The tot vanished after travelling to Kos with his mother and grandparents Eddie and Christine, who were renovating a farmhouse in the village of Iraklise.

 

 

http://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=719132468115631&id=609632969065582&set=a.630853620276850.1073741829.609632969065582&refid=52

 

Good luck fingers crossed x

 

Is there no end to the Star's incompetence? Which was it then? Unless the Island of Kos actually belongs to Cyprus and it's been a well-kept secret?

[HelenaC]

The Needham family all look very similar, and I agree this latest man really doesn't look like any of them.. Poor Kerry Needham- what a living nightmare.

[nikki-red]

This information has been found to be false

Here is the latest info from the Help Find Ben Needham team on my FB feed

 

"Again, please do not automatically believe all media reports. Greek media are reporting that the man I. The video in Cyprus has handed himself in for DNA Testing. From the info we have - this is FALSE. The man has not been located. "

 

 

Bens sister has been on Radio Sheffield this morning, its definitely true.

 

Happy birthday Ben, wherever you are.

 

---------- Post added 29-10-2013 at 10:59 ----------

 

"UPDATE: Institute of Neurology and Genetics check DNA in Ben Needham case. Results expected tomorrow - 30th October."

 

From the facebook page.

Edited October 29, 2013 by nikki-red

[tara]

Wonder what went on then because the beginning of that statement I put on was from Scott on the Find Ben Needham page. Perhaps some sources from Greece or somewhere. got it wrong when they said it was false.

Anyway it doesn't matter now just all fingers crossed for Kerry.

 

Even if it isn't him it shows the Greek Police are serious about looking for him now and hopefully will leave no stone unturned till he's found.

Edited October 29, 2013 by tara

[kidley]

Bens sister has been on Radio this morning and said this is one of many so called sightings of Ben, the family are not getting over excited over it.

[pattricia]

Bens sister has been on Radio this morning and said this is one of many so called sightings of Ben, the family are not getting over excited over it.

 

How sensible of Bens sister. I do think any publicity is good,even if it turns out not to be him. Someone elsewhere may have spotted someone who looks like Ben.

[vizzbucks]

Another one?

 

Are they just going round testing every child that looks a bit different from their parents.

 

Isn't it better to do this than nothing at all?