Overview

• South Yorkshire Police say the Ben Needham case remains open and they continue to pursue all reasonable lines of enquiry
• An anonymous email sent in November 2024 claimed Ben was seen at a US church in 1991 or 1992 meeting someone he believed to be his grandmother
• US authorities interviewed the tipster for three hours but have not provided any new actionable information to British investigators
• Ben’s mother, Kerry Needham, has voiced frustration at the eight-month delay for updates and described the lack of progress as painful
• Two excavations at the Kos farmhouse in 2012 and 2016 yielded no definitive evidence and the police’s digger accident theory remains disputed