Police release picture of Ben Needham’s toy car which they say proves he died on Greek holiday
Earlier this month, cops told mum Kerry Needham that her son was dead
THIS is a picture of the toy car which police say prove Ben Needham was killed while holidaying on the Greek island of Kos in 1991.
The Matchbox car was unearthed on October 15 near the farmhouse where the family were staying.
Cops are now certain the toddler, from Sheffield, died in an accident and have told his mum he is dead.
Officers showed it to Kerry Needham, 43, who confirmed her 21-month-old son was playing with it on the day he vanished.
Det Insp Jon Cousins said: “It was an emotional time for all of us.”
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Cops are now sure Ben was accidentally hit by a digger driven by builder Konstantinos “Dino” Barkas, who died last year.
Ben was then secretly buried elsewhere, they believe.
Devastated Kerry, from Sheffield, vowed to keep looking for his body.
She said: “I want to tear up the whole island to find him. I can’t say goodbye until I know exactly where he is.”
Speaking to the , once the search had been called off, Ben's mum said further reports had corroborated the theory.
She added: “One man has taken a secret to his grave. Police believe that.
“They know enough information to know that happened. Someone else has come forward who was a teenager working for Dino.
“He learnt about Ben and asked Dino a few times and he kept saying, ‘No not possible’ but then in 2012 this person asked Dino about it again and he admitted to him in 2012: ‘I don’t know for sure but yes it’s possible.’"
The devastated mum said she hoped the digger driver suspected of killing her son is “burning in hell”.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain last week she said: “We need those answers whether they are good or bad.
“Unfortunately, it looks like we are going to get a bad one.”
Ben was last seen playing near a farmhouse his grandparents were renovating in July 1991, when he was 21-months-old.
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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