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Ben Needham

HMOHMO Posts: 42,223
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A guy who went missing 21 years ago when he was just 21 months old, read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Ben_Needham

Any recent news about it? And your thoughts on the whole situation?
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    Uk LtdUk Ltd Posts: 1,228
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    Probably dead, used as a child sex slave or something unthinkable in our society.

    His poor mother, she must think of him every morning she wakes, and every night before she sleeps.

    He'll obviously never be found now, else he would have come forward himself, aged 22
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    annette kurtenannette kurten Posts: 39,543
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    i think he died when he went missing.
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    CaldariCaldari Posts: 5,890
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    Hassaan13 wrote: »
    And your thoughts on the whole situation?

    Major cock-up by the Greek authorities. The kid was into Turkey and gone before they'd even thought about closing the routes off the island down.
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    skazzaskazza Posts: 4,983
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    Uk Ltd wrote: »
    He'll obviously never be found now, else he would have come forward himself, aged 22

    I don't agree. How much do you remember of your time as a toddler?
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    HenryBaneHenryBane Posts: 4,427
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    Uk Ltd wrote: »
    Probably dead, used as a child sex slave or something unthinkable in our society.

    His poor mother, she must think of him every morning she wakes, and every night before she sleeps.

    He'll obviously never be found now, else he would have come forward himself, aged 22

    The other allegation is that his uncle killed him by accident riding his motorbike.
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    PinkPetuniaPinkPetunia Posts: 5,479
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    Uk Ltd wrote: »
    Probably dead, used as a child sex slave or something unthinkable in our society.

    His poor mother, she must think of him every morning she wakes, and every night before she sleeps.

    He'll obviously never be found now, else he would have come forward himself, aged 22

    He wouldnt even know he is Ben Needham if he is alive .
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    d0lphind0lphin Posts: 25,354
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    He wouldnt even know he is Ben Needham if he is alive .

    Exactly, my son is the same age that Ben is/would have been and he doesn't have any memories of that age at all.

    Sadly I think he died on the island, but I have always hoped for Ben's mum to find her son. Every day since must be terrible for her.:(
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    TalullahmayTalullahmay Posts: 5,962
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    HenryBane wrote: »
    The other allegation is that his uncle killed him by accident riding his motorbike.

    Really? I have never heard that before!
    I wou;dlike to thin k he is alive for his Mums sake, But I doubt he is..But who knows look at the girl who was took in America & had been living in some part of the back garden of her Abducters!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,348
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    It was only a few months ago that his mum was on morning TV and said she believes he's still alive
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    HMOHMO Posts: 42,223
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    Well, if he is dead the least they can do is confirm it, but if he is alive, maybe he's been adopted?

    It's practically the same situation with Madeleine McCann
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    d0lphind0lphin Posts: 25,354
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    Really? I have never heard that before!
    I wou;dlike to thin k he is alive for his Mums sake, But I doubt he is..But who knows look at the girl who was took in America & had been living in some part of the back garden of her Abducters!

    In a documentary about Ben, his uncle refused to go under hypnosis about that day which led to speculation that he was involved in the death.

    I'm not so sure it implies that but it is what was implied in the documentary.
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    spookedspooked Posts: 1,241
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    d0lphin wrote: »
    In a documentary about Ben, his uncle refused to go under hypnosis about that day which led to speculation that he was involved in the death.

    I'm not so sure it implies that but it is what was implied in the documentary.

    But hypnosis is a pretty dodgy way of trying to dig out the truth.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 17,021
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    I remember when it happened, it was all over the news.

    There was a theory that Ben wandered close to the building work going on next to his grandmother's house and either fell or hid or got caught up in the site somehow. That always seemed quite plausible to me.

    It is still one of the possibilities, as this recent Daily Record story shows.
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    walkabouterwalkabouter Posts: 568
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    Caldari wrote: »
    Major cock-up by the Greek authorities. The kid was into Turkey and gone before they'd even thought about closing the routes off the island down.

    ..and your evidence for this is?
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    CaldariCaldari Posts: 5,890
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    ..and your evidence for this is?

    No evidence, but if I were a kidnapper on Kos it's what I'd do.
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    d0lphind0lphin Posts: 25,354
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    spooked wrote: »
    But hypnosis is a pretty dodgy way of trying to dig out the truth.

    Yes, exactly. It could be the reason he refused to undergo it rather than there being a sinister reason.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,720
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    Full story and developments on Wikipedia.....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Ben_Needham
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    CaldariCaldari Posts: 5,890
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    The Mc wrote: »
    Full story and developments on Wikipedia.....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Ben_Needham

    Why are you posting the exact same link as in the OP?
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    rick182rick182 Posts: 11,092
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    Hassaan13 wrote: »
    Well, if he is dead the least they can do is confirm it, but if he is alive, maybe he's been adopted?

    It's practically the same situation with Madeleine McCann

    I have more sympathy over this case
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    LaceyLouelle3LaceyLouelle3 Posts: 9,682
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    rick182 wrote: »
    I have more sympathy over this case

    Me too
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    Julie68Julie68 Posts: 3,137
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    Me too

    And me...
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,219
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    ..and your evidence for this is?

    There have been some supposed sightings of blonde-haired boys with birthmarks in various parts of Turkey.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,720
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    Caldari wrote: »
    Why are you posting the exact same link as in the OP?

    Because I never noticed the link posted...:):)
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,270
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    I don't blame her for carrying on looking but I highly doubt she'll see him again though. She'll be a stranger to him now. I think she'll get old and then die without ever catching a glimpse of her missing son's face.
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    SuperAPJSuperAPJ Posts: 10,402
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    d0lphin wrote: »
    In a documentary about Ben, his uncle refused to go under hypnosis about that day

    I remember watching a documentary years ago in which he did undergo hypnosis and remembered taking Ben out on his bike but nothing after that.
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