hackey lad   3,824 #697 Posted September 17, 2016 Yes although I don't know if they had the information back then or it was just the next logical place to search? I'm still abit suspicious though, he was run over by a digger and then the driver buried him near the grandparents house?? Surely when they first started searching 25 years ago a freshly dug grave would have stuck out like a sore thumb?  The mother as well though    Seriously it's been 25 years, I know you always hold out hope he may be found alive but they must have realistically considered him dead long ago.  a freshly dug grave, on a building site ?. there speaks a person who has never been on a building site in their life . footings ? drainage ? electric ? water ? hope the boy is found alive but I doubt it . however it is very sad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bludragonfly   10 #698 Posted September 18, 2016 I really hope that this lead does help them find Ben so that Kerry can grieve at last. I can't imagine the nightmare her life has been although it is clearly etched on her face. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
999tigger   10 #699 Posted October 17, 2016 I'm surprised nobdy has posted about this. If what they think has happened is true, then what a cruel thing to do by the people who hid it.  Anyone watching the news can see they think he died in an accident now. At least its some form of answer.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37676268 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tinfoilhat   11 #700 Posted October 17, 2016 I'm surprised nobdy has posted about this. If what they think has happened is true, then what a cruel thing to do by the people who hid it.  Anyone watching the news can see they think he died in an accident now. At least its some form of answer.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37676268  I read the article on the BBC website and there was nothing I could add to this very sad thread. Unfortunately the police are still in realms of "suspect" and "think" rather than anything more concrete than that. Tragic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
aliceBB Â Â 10 #701 Posted October 19, 2016 I've been following this story quite carefully and unless I have missed something (or unless the police are witholding something), what I find baffling is this. Â They say the recent excavations have 'convinced' them that Ben died in an accident (rather than being abducted). They seem to be basing their 'conviction' on the discovery of a toy which Ben owned, which was found in the site 750m away (from his grandparents' property where he was last seen alive), to which site earth from the Needham property was removed by a digger driver. Â Yet there is no mention of any human remains/DNA being discovered at either site. Â How can they rule out the possibility that the child was indeed snatched, the toy was left behind and inadvertently moved, along with a load of earth, to the further site? Surely the discovery of the toy is not proof that the child was killed, is it? Â Or have I missed something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   268 #702 Posted October 19, 2016 Do the public have the right to know the intimate details of the case?  Their enquiry must have been fairly large, it involved many officers so there must have been plenty of information to sift through. They seem confident that they've closed off all open lines of enquiry and the current evidence available points to a final conclusion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Stranza   10 #703 Posted October 19, 2016 Do the public have the right to know the intimate details of the case? Their enquiry must have been fairly large, it involved many officers so there must have been plenty of information to sift through. They seem confident that they've closed off all open lines of enquiry and the current evidence available points to a final conclusion.  I made the mistake of starting a bereavement thread in error after reading those reports.  I was under the impression that Ben's family had accepted and we're satisfied with the police version.  Not so according to some sources and an interview with Leanne, it's heartwrenching to see them still suffering. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
LeMaquis   10 #704 Posted October 20, 2016 a freshly dug grave, on a building site ?. there speaks a person who has never been on a building site in their life .  It wasn't a building site. A digger was being used to clear land. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   268 #705 Posted October 20, 2016 I was under the impression that Ben's family had accepted and we're satisfied with the police version.  Not so according to some sources and an interview with Leanne, it's heartwrenching to see them still suffering.  They've been saying they want to tear the island apart, I assumed they'd accepted the police story but now more than ever want his remains returned for a proper burial.  In some respects it's worse, they feel closer than ever to finding him but just can't discover the exact site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
phawley   10 #706 Posted October 24, 2016 I don't know if it has been mentioned before as I haven't read through all this thread, but I can't understand how there does not appear to have been any use of sniffer dogs in the search, surely a dog could have done in hours what it has taken officers weeks to achieve. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   268 #707 Posted October 24, 2016 Can they find a body thats been buried for over 20 years? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
chocki   13 #708 Posted October 24, 2016 Can they find a body thats been buried for over 20 years?  I would think so. They can find bones that are 100s of years old so why not in this situation.  I don't understand how they can say he met his death accidentally when, allegedly, all they have found is a car. Why no bones? With technology today surely something could be done.  My heart goes out to Kerry and her family, 25 years of torture, not knowing, the pain must be unbearable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...