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Lucy Thornton

Ben Needham's mum's heart stopping' moment when she saw picture of granddaughter

Kerry Needham, whose son Ben went missing in Kos 28 years ago, said her heart stopped when she saw this picture of her granddaughter.

These shocking photos of Ben and her youngest granddaughter, 14-month-old Aurora, were taken three decades apart, but the pair have an uncanny resemblance - and the family snaps have left Kerry and daughter, Leighanna, 25, “utterly shaken”.

Kerry, 46, from Sheffield, saw the photo while flicking through Facebook on Mother’s Day. She said: “When I spotted Aurora’s picture it shocked me.

Baby Aurora is the spitting image of her uncle (Leighanna Needham/Mirrorpix)
Kerry Needham - shaken and shocked by similarity (Andy Stenning/Daily Mirror)

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“It’s heartbreaking to look at but comforting to know he’s living through my princess.”

Kerry’s son Ben would have turned 30 this October and has been missing for 28 years after vanishing on July 24th 1991, on the Greek island of Kos.

He was with his grandparents while mum Kerry worked at a local hotel, when he disappeared moments after playing with his toy cars.

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