to think this a major 'breakthrough' in the Ben Needham case?

[AliaTheEvilLeaper]

A 4 year old girl living in a Roma Camp has been found not related to the camp and parents.
Ben Needham's family apparently had a line of enquiry years back about being linked back to Larissa,
Which is where the area this girl was found.
If there's so many children out there with a chance of maybe being Ben or other stolen, shouldn't we be checking this out?
It's a possibility and a plausible one at that.
Girl found with no DNA matching to parents
www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.home&id=1553
Lots of other children out there in those camps.No idea whether they're biologically related or not.
Is it not worth the enquiry? For the peace of mind?
It hasn't been investigated. It should be. Just to make SURE.
Especially as this little girl has been discovered in the exact same place as Ben was purpoted to have been.

[Spirulina]

How do you know it's investigation worthy? How do you know it's not being investigated in another way? Or by other forces

[AliaTheEvilLeaper]

How do you know it's investigation worthy? How do you know it's not being investigated in another way? Or by other forces
Because of reports like this.
www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/south-yorkshire-police-sees-no-correlation-between-ben-needham-and-gypsy-girl-1-6166690
Reports that are saying it's not worth looking into. When Kerry herself says she was given a tip off years ago that Ben was "living with the gypsies in Larissa."
Why is THAT not being investigated? Why are they refusing to get involved when she had a blatant tip off to that area and who had taken him years ago?
It keeps getting brushed under the carpet, which I could understand with no links, but when there's a definite one you have to ask WHY.
You'd think they would want to check and rule it out. Why are they not?

[Spirulina]

Lol you don't know they aren't/haven't/won't.... You have no clue and neither do these tabloids you are linking to

I worked for the met for some time, many occasions I worked on misper cases. It's not as black and white as you seem to think it is

[AliaTheEvilLeaper]

I worked for the met for some time, many occasions I worked on misper cases. It's not as black and white as you seem to think it is

I'm not disputing the fact you worked for the Met. If you say you did, then fair enough.
What I AM querying though, is why certain tabloids in the media aren't picking up on the link? They didn't get the connection AT ALL until afternoon yesterday (Saturday) when I posted late Friday night with it.
Some STILL aren't picking up on it even after this discovery in the same camp and choosing to ignore it.
Why?
If you read the link I posted last, the police are saying they're not bothering to investigate further. Why on earth is that when there was an actual sighting, and someone actually came out and said way back in 1996 that he was living in the same area "with the gypsies? To come out and say you're not bothering to investigate that lead after the light of the finding of an unidentified little girl is disgraceful.

[Nancy66]

Alia, I have no idea what you're reading or watching on TV but I have seen endless mentions of Ben.

You don't know that there was an 'actual sighting' of Ben - because we don't even know if he's alive. There was a man who said he saw a kid who looked like him. Do you have any idea how many people say they've seen missing children? Look at all the places Madeleine has been seen: Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Turkey....

[AliaTheEvilLeaper]

Alia, I have no idea what you're reading or watching on TV but I have seen endless mentions of Ben.

Yes, there is NOW, that's the whole point! There wasn't when I started this thread, and wasn't Saturday morning either - some are still slow on the uptake.

[Nancy66]

Because the girl was the bigger story. That's how the news work - she was new...therefore 'news'

[AliaTheEvilLeaper]

I know how the news works, thanks. I would have thought an actual connection to the area made before would have been the angle to go with from the start, not to not mention it at all and just focus on another well known case with no links to that area previously (if there was previously documented links to her from that camp, then apologies.)

[DeWe]

OP, what actually do you think the police should/could be doing?
Because, frustrating as it seems, I'm not sure, after all this time, what, other than someone coming forward to give a statement would be able to be done.

He's an adult now. If he was kept in the camp, and now isn't there, I don't think there's going to be any evidence left. And the community there seems to have rallied round the couple, so I wouldn't hold too much hope of them coming forward and telling.

If he's still there, well, he probably thinks he belongs there. He was too young to have any memory of before that time. If he's always been told he's their child, he may have no reason to doubt it. And even if he did, he may feel it is disloyal to voice it. if you look at these cases where a child has been abducted to adulthood, it isn't an easy decision to come forward.(Stockholm syndrome etc.)
It would be a very difficult decision for an adult Ben to come forward. Because if he came forward, and wasn't Ben, he'd be at risk of being rejected by the group.
They can't force the entire lot to come forward and have a DNA test unless they are accused of a crime.

If the police announce they're going to look into it, then it gives them chance to get rid of any evidence. Might actually risk Ben's life if he is there. For all we know, the police could be asking the media to keep that side down so they have the chance to investigate before the group prepare.

Unfortunately, I think the idea she's Ben's daughter is very unlikely. If he's not with the camp, then it's unlikely he's given his daughter back to them.
If he is with the camp, then it's likely the mother is too. Then the couple would have said "that's the mother, we're looking after her because she can't" and it would have ended there.

[Millenniumbug1]

Have a look at helpfindben.co.uk for full details of what his family want to happen & are hoping for, in the light of this little girl being found.