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British Police to Start Excavations on Kos for Boy Missing Since 1991

1000British police are to start excavations in two sites on Kos island, following a new clue that the body of two-year-old Ben Needham, who disappeared in 1991, might be buried there.
The latest theory regarding the disappearance of the British boy says that he died in a construction accident. Earlier in September, police informed Ben’s mother, Kerry Needham, that they had learned that a man from Kos had said that Konstantinos Barkas, a digger operator (by now deceased), had told him that the boy had died in an accident, and that Barkas had covered the body up.
A team of British police are now to dig in two sites where they presume the boy’s remains lay, based on the testimony of the man who spoke to digger operator Barkas before he died. They will make excavations in two points where little Ben had been seen for the last time. The first excavation is expected to last 10-12 days.
“Please be aware that it is entirely expected that the team will regularly come across bones in the ground as the site is former farmland. Any unusual items recovered will be subject to forensic testing,” a Yorkshire Police statement said.
Ben Needham disappeared on 24 July 1991 at the age of 21 months from Kos. His mother was working at a hotel and he was in the care of his grandparents the morning he disappeared. For 25 years his family has been searching for him as at least 300 alleged sightings of “the blonde boy” at different presumed stages of his life have been reported, on Greek islands and the mainland.

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