Home Office to fund fresh investigation into disappearance of baby Ben Needham in 1991
THE hunt for Ben Needham, who went missing 23 years ago on a Greek island, was boosted today as police said the Home Office is funding a fresh investigation.
Ben, from Sheffield, was just 21 months old when he vanished in July 1991 on Kos while travelling with his mother and grandparents.
The £700,000 will allow British police to follow up information the family – led by Ben’s mother Kerry, 42, and sister Leighanna, 20 – believe has never been properly investigated.
The Needhams handed over a file including eight sightings of a boy who could be Ben with one Greek family.
Mrs Needham said: “I believe one way or another they will find out what happened to him.”
