Ben Needham cops abandon search for missing toddler in Kos
Police on the Greek island of Kos have formally ended their dig for clues in the search for Ben, who went missing as a toddler in 1991
POLICE have formally ended the Ben Needham dig for clues.
Cops ended the search today after a three-week hunt for information on the toddler, who went missing in 1991.
It comes after police said they have found no significant clues in their search.
Officers from South Yorkshire Police finished searching their primary site on the Greek island of Kos, where Ben went missing in 1991, last week.
A search of a second site continued up until today, but lead investigator Detective Inspector Jon Cousins said nothing significant has been found.
Ben's mum Kerry today thanked "hero" police as their search ended.
She told the she agrees with their theory her 21-month-old son was crushed with a digger and buried.
Speaking about lead detective Det Insp Jon Cousins, she said: "He will never give up the hunt for the truth in the years he has remaining as a detective.";
Slamming claims the search was "flawed", she said: "Don't anyone dare criticise them.
"I never want to hear a bad word spoken about these detectives.
"They need medals for what they do - not criticism."
Greek detectives warned cops hunting for missing tot Ben Needham would not find anything, because they have already searched the area twice.
A detective told the : "The British police will never find anything.
"We thoroughly investigated all the areas that the British investigators are searching now at the time and nothing was found."
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Toddler Ben vanished from Kos while on holiday with his family when he was 21-months-old.
Mum Kerry appeared on Good Morning Britain last week as she waited to find out if her little boy was accidentally run over by a digger driver.
Operator Konstantinos Barkas, who has since died of stomach cancer, reportedly told a man Ben died in an accident and he covered the body up.
Kerry Needham spoke of the need for answers during an emotional interview with Good Morning Britain.
Emotional Kerry said: “We need those answers whether they are good or bad.
“Unfortunately, it looks like we are going to get a bad one.”
She then burst into tear, before adding: “I think it really now is a case of finding him not alive. We just can’t live another 25 years like these.
“My parents and I can’t do it. We are all extremely stressed and tired.”
When asked if that answer would give her a sense of closure, Kerry said: “In a way yes because then we’ll know.
“You know 25 years living and not knowing where your child is, is torment.
“I don’t like to say it but then at least we would know and it would be closure and he can be laid to rest and we can remember him as he was.”
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