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divdiv class=story-body readability=20 span class=story-date#13; span class=date29 October 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time13:49 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1Police have said a DNA test carried out on a man in Cyprus has proved he is not Ben Needham, who disappeared in 1991./p#13; pBen, from Sheffield, vanished when he was 21 months old while on holiday on the Greek island of Kos./p#13; pThe man had spoken to officers after footage of him looking similar to how Ben might appear now was released./p#13; pA a href=https://twitter.com/FindBenNeedham/status/395227569941151744tweet/a from @FindBenNeedham, the account of the family's campaign, said it was disappointing but they remain strong and resolute in search./p#13; pBen's mother Kerry has always maintained her son is alive and was probably abducted./p#13; span class=cross-head'Mound of earth'/span#13; pShe said last week the discovery of a blonde girl called Maria at a Greek Roma camp had given her family fresh hope and maximum publicity./p#13; pBen's family had spent his 24th birthday waiting for results of the DNA test. /p#13; pHe vanished on 24 July, 1991, after travelling to Kos with his mother and grandparents who were renovating a farmhouse in the village of Iraklise./p#13; pIn 2012, a police operation focused on a mound of earth and rubble close to where Ben was last seen, but no trace of him was found./p#13; pA team of UK police officers spent a week searching the site close to the farmhouse./p#13; pHis mother vowed to continue looking for him after the search failed to find anything./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center