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Ben Needham Case: US Man Agrees to DNA Test as Family Seeks Interpol Help

Results could take weeks under cross-border procedures.

Overview

  • Kerry Needham received photos of a man in the United States whose appearance closely matches the 2021 age‑progressed image of Ben and her family features.
  • The man, contacted through his partner and reportedly adopted in 1993, has agreed to provide a DNA sample and has asked for privacy.
  • Kerry says she has passed the details to South Yorkshire Police and hopes they will request testing via Interpol.
  • The family is cautious after hundreds of prior approaches, including hoaxes, refusals to take DNA tests, and prolonged harassment despite negative results.
  • Ben disappeared on Kos in 1991; extensive searches and a digger‑accident theory yielded no proof, and recent leads have steered attention to possible illegal US adoptions, including those linked to New York.