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Our family, my dad Eddie then 42, my mum Christine 38, my two younger brothers Stephen 17 and Danny only 11 years old at the time, myself -I was 19- and my little son Ben, originally from SHEFFIELD England, UK, had decided to move to the island of KOS in Greece.
Unfortunately, our then newly adopted country had other plans for us.
On July 24, 1991, our family was destroyed by a mindless act.
Our beloved Ben (3 months short of his 2nd birthday), was abducted, by a criminal.
It was just a normal day for our family.
July 24, 1991
My dad and my brother Stephen had gone to work, they were restoring an old farmhouse in the remote village on the island, called Heracles.
I had also gone to work, at the "Palm Beach" Hotel, situated near the beach, where I worked as a waitress.
Ben was at home with my mum, as she was always looking after him during my long working hours.
Around lunchtime, my mum with Ben and Danny, went to the farmhouse where my dad and Stephen were working, to have their lunch.
Nothing unusual about this, they had done so, many a time.
The table was set indoors, Ben was playing with his toys, just outside the doorway and he kept running in and out of the house, getting water and pouring it over himself. It was a scorher of a day, at 42°C or about 105ºF.
It was about 14:30, when my dad, told Stephen he can have the rest of the day off, because some building material had not arrived, so there was nothing else to do there.
As Stephen was leaving the farmhouse, on his moped/motorbike, Ben was playing quite hapilly. Ben looked up at Stephen, -he wanted to go with him-, but Stephen told him to "Go inside to grandpa".
A few minutes later, -no more than 5 minutes-, my mum had noticed that Ben was quiet, and she went outside to check.
BEN WAS NOT THERE!
My dad went around to the back of the house and my mum walked the driveway, looked down the lane, but could not see Ben anywhere.
My mum then, shouted "Eddie can you see Ben?".
They continued calling his name while walking around the area around the farmhouse, for more than an hour.
NO RESPONSE! NO SIGHT OF BEN!
BEN HAD VANISHED!!!
My parents took a few minutes to gather their thoughts and came to the conclusion that my brother Stephen must have taken Ben with him, for a little ride on the moped.
My mum remarked: "How stupid of Stephen not to tell us"
My mum then decided to walk back home and look for them on her way there, she thought that Stephen and Ben might be home already.
Dad stayed behind to put his tools away and then join my mum at home.
When my mum arrived home, there was no sign of Ben, but she knew that Stephen had been back as he had left the petrol for the generator.
Stephen, had not left a note to say where he would be though.
My mum was really furious with him.
Dad arrived home around 16:30 and there was still no sign of Stephen, so he decided to check in my apartment, as Stephen used to live with me.
Stephen was there, but not Ben!
Stephen said to my dad: "Ben was playing at the farmhouse when I left".
My dad and Stephen, raced back home to tell my mum that Ben had not been with him.
Worried sick, they went straight to the police in the city of Kos, as the time was about 17:30.
The police took my parents back to Heracles to search the area, one more time.
Just as I was finishing work, around 22:00, my mum arrived at the hotel with the police to inform me that my boy had gone missing.
Courtesy of the police, we all went back to the farmhouse, to continue the search. This time a lot of volonteers offered to assist us searching for Ben as well.
A police officer asked myself and my dad, to go back to the police station, to give more details about Ben and to present all our passports, which we did, straight away.
One policeman named Christos Bafounis, asked my dad to meet some police officers at the docks at 03:00, as the ferry to Athens would be there and they could check the vehicles and the passengers boarding.
While we we
Maggie Hargreaves
our prays are with you everyday i hope one day soon ben is home with you and your family. in this day and age the internet is a great tool i hope it works and ben sees everything you have done tofind him good luck
4 weeks ago
Janis I
I can remember this its i was 6 at the time its so sad that the police can cover things up like this and get away with it. i hope they are suffering for what they did to u and ur family. I just hope that Ben sees some of ur sites and contacts you. Have faith he will come home to you. Children no when somthings not right and he will no that there somthing wrong with his life somthing that cannot be fixed till hes home with you. he will relise that and hw will come home to u? My thoughts are with you and your family.
13 weeks ago
Andrew Gosden Missing Child Addme
I wrote a comment for you on the other Ben Needham site here on bebo. I've just found that this is your official bebo site for Ben. I wrote there -
I don't know if his mum will read this - but she should never ever give up the search for Ben. Noone should ever reject her looking for her missing son. Authorities should do much more than they have been doing.
Now that he is older, he'll have more access to the net and news stories. He will take an interest.
X.Chelsea.X
wishing you all the best in findin ur son
i cannot begin to imagine what you and ur family have been feeling since that sad day when ben was taken
i liv sooo close to sheffield (rotherham) so ben's story is so close to home and i think about him all the time
even though i am yrs younger than ben his story has always been in my heart
one day ben will find out who he is and he will come back home to you all
all my luv sent to you kerry, your daughter leighanna and all the rest of ben's relatives
I will share my love for Kerry, who is so brave & is doing a fab job!
x
32 weeks ago
Carolann
i truely beleive ur boy is stil out there, never give up hope, my heart goes out 2 ur family, and i pray that u get ur happy endin with ur beautiful son, lots of love carolann xxx
34 weeks ago
Claire.
I was only born in 1991 but my mum always told me about this and I think it is positively dreadful that the Greek authorities did bugger all. I think it's horrible that they kept it so quiet. They should have done more questioning. They should have reported it sooner, they should have questioned Agrelli.
I hope you find Ben safe and sound in the very near future <3
Best wishes to you and your family.
My heart goes out to you.
35 weeks ago
Kerry Needham
Thank you so much for your thoughts, your wishes for his birthday and your support. Ben has a page on facebook, you can find it under Ben Needham Abduction, Sheffield Network.
Wishing you all the best too.
The Needham family
38 weeks ago
Debbie Clough
I hope now that your son Ben is 18 he sees himself on any of the websites you have set up or on TV or in the newspapers and he recognises himself and gets in touch with you himself. I know from my children who are between 16-19 that most teenagers now have facebook websites. Have you set up one for Ben as this seems to growing in popularity now. Thank you for reading and I pray for you and your family that the day will be soon that you get Ben back x
41 weeks ago
Sam
I cannot imagine how hard these years have been for you and your family. My thoughts are with you on Ben's 18th birthday. Never give up hope. xxx
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