Sister of missing Ben Needham from Sheffield gives birth to baby girl

The sister of missing Ben Needham from Sheffield has given birth to a baby girl.
Ben NeedhamBen Needham
Ben Needham

Leighanna Needham, 24 and her partner Craig Rooney, 28, are celebrating after welcoming their second daughter, Aurora into the world.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

CRIME: Sheffield Supertram staff fear for safety after conductor is hit over the head with metal bar in robberyLeighanna was not born when her brother, Ben, disappeared on the Greek island of Kos in 1991.

BOMB ALERT: Police find 'crude improvised explosive device' at Sheffield houseDetectives who have investigated the circumstances surrounding his disappearance believe he was killed by a digger working close to where Ben was last seen playing.

He vanished from outside a farmhouse his grandfather Eddie was renovating.

Ben and Leighanna's mum, Kerry, told the Daily Mirror, the family had 'been through hell and back' over recent years as police efforts to find Ben were stepped up.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Excavation work was carried out around the spot where Ben was last seen playing and at a site where land may have been dumped by the digger working on the day of the toddler's disappearance.

A shoe and toy car believed to have belonged to Ben were discovered but his remains have never been found.

For over two decades his family believed he had been abducted.

Related topics: