Post date: Oct 21, 2012 11:40:1 AM
A team of British and Greek experts use ground-penetrating equipment as a renewed search for British toddler Ben Needham who disappeared 21 years ago on the Greek island of Kos, continues for a third day.
KOS, GREECE (OCTOBER 21, 2012) (REUTERS) - The searches for missing British toddler Ben Needham who disappeared 21-years-ago on the Greek island of Kos entered a third day on Sunday (October 21), as police started using ground-penetrating equipment to dig the site.
A South Yorkshire police team of 20 men, backed by 25 to 30 Greek police officers and local volunteers resumed the search on Friday (October 19) for the Sheffield-born boy, who went missing in Kos when he was just under two-years-old.The search is being conducted to investigate the possibility that Ben fell into a hole during construction work in the area and disappeared.
British detective Superintendent Matt Fenwick of South Yorkshire police said the team were using a technologically-advanced magnetometer - a radar which penetrates the ground in search of magnetic objects.
"We are interested in anything that might identify the movement of Ben 21 years ago, so any item of clothing, any toys, anything that Ben may have been playing with, anything that might give us an indication of where Ben was when he was here and how far into the field he ventured. Its the sort of things we looking for to get some clarity on Ben's movements immediately prior to his disappearance," Superintendent Fenwick told reporters.
Police also used sniffer dogs as well as sonar equipment to search for any remains of the toddler. Fenwick said they plan to bring in a bulldozer in the coming days to remove layers of soil and dig deeper into the ground.
The search is expected to take seven to 10 days.