Ben Needham's mum sends heartbreaking message to missing son on poignant day

Kerry Needham, 52, vowed ne'er to halt searching for helium lad Ben Needham, who vanished connected the Greek land of Kos connected July 24, 1991 erstwhile helium was conscionable 21 months old

The mum of Ben Needham has released a heart-breaking connection to her missing lad to people his 35th day connected Tuesday.

In an affectional statement, Kerry Needham, 52, vowed ne'er to halt searching for him, “even if it kills me”. She told Ben: “Happy day my beauteous boy, you are ever successful my thoughts and my heart. Another twelvemonth has gone by successful our hunt for you and we volition proceed to hunt until the information is found, we volition ne'er springiness up.

“A day should beryllium a time for ­celebration but each twelvemonth I walk the time reasoning wherever are you?!! What much tin I bash to find you?”

Kerry is urging those who whitethorn cognize what happened to talk out, saying the household merit the information aft years of torment. Ben vanished connected the Greek land of Kos connected July 24, 1991 erstwhile helium was conscionable 21-months-old. Talking to the Mirror, she added: “I privation idiosyncratic would conscionable person a bosom and travel guardant with the ­information I desperately need.

“There are radical connected Kos who ­definitely cognize what happened to Ben and I don’t cognize however they tin slumber astatine nighttime knowing the torment I spell done twelvemonth aft year. I’ll ne'er springiness up searching for the information adjacent if it kills me, we merit to cognize the truth.”

Kerry had moved to Kos with her parents, who were babysitting erstwhile Ben was past seen playing extracurricular with his artifact cars 33 years ago. South Yorkshire Police, who carried retired 2 extended searches successful 2012 and 2017, said it was astir apt helium died successful a digger accident. But humor recovered connected a artifact car successful 2017 did not beryllium to Ben.

Kerry believes helium whitethorn person been abducted. DNA tests this twelvemonth ruled a man, who thought helium could beryllium Ben, was not a match. Kerry, from Sheffield, lives successful Turkey to beryllium adjacent the land but admitted to the Mirror recently: “Kos makes maine consciousness physically sick.”

Kerry says she volition airy a candle adjacent to a day paper for her lad successful what is ever a “heartbreaking day”.