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| Ben Needham search: Police halt dig in hunt for toddler who vanished in 1991 | Ben Needham search: Police halt dig in hunt for toddler who vanished in 1991 |
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| Police on the Greek island of Kos have halted their dig for clues in the search for Ben Needham, the toddler who went missing in 1991. | Police on the Greek island of Kos have halted their dig for clues in the search for Ben Needham, the toddler who went missing in 1991. |
| For the last three weeks, officers from South Yorkshire and Greek search volunteers had excavated land around an old farmhouse on the island. | |
| Investigators officially ended digging operations on Saturday, and on Sunday afternoon the last mound of soil at the site was sifted through. | |
| Ben was 21 months old when he disappeared on 24 July 1991 while playing outside the farmhouse. | |
| Initial investigations at the time and various others over the years failed to fine any trace of the toddler or clues about his disappearance. | |
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