UPDATE: Police Drop Ben Needham's Case. What Happened to Him in 1991?

In 1991, a 21-month-old British toddler vanished from a quiet village on the Greek island of Kos in less than ten minutes, while surrounded by family. This is the story of Ben Needham: what happened on the day he disappeared, the chaotic first 48 hours that may have changed everything, the decades of false leads and broken promises that followed, and the most recent development in his family's 34-year search for answers. In this video, we cover the disappearance of Ben Needham from Kos in July 1991, the failures in the early police response, the white car spotted near the farmhouse, the role of a local translator with a personal connection to the case, the theories that have circulated for over three decades, and what UK and Greek authorities have said about the case as recently as this year. This is one of the longest-running missing child cases involving a British family, and one that's often compared to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann - though Ben vanished sixteen years earlier, with far less support from the UK government. Crimes Across Borders covers true crime cases from across Europe, focusing on cases that haven't had much coverage in English. New episodes regularly. If you have information about Ben Needham's case, you can contact South Yorkshire Police or Crimestoppers UK anonymously. Resources: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly... https://www.benneedham-update.co.uk/t... https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-3... https://mheap.com/missing.html #benneedham #crimesacrossborders #britishchildmissingabroad