The other two died and RSPCA chief inspector Mark Miles suspects the surviving dog may have eaten their corpses - the only reason she is still alive today.

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Ben's mother, Kerry Needham, has always said that she believes her son is still alive but has supported the new search.

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She was ecstatic when she heard her niece is free and still alive.

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Katrice's mother Sharon Lee and sister Natasha, from Gosport, and her father Richard Lee, from Hartlepool, believe Katrice is still alive and she was abducted.

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Her father, who supported the family as best he could in Haiti with sporadic work as a tailor, is unlikely to find jobs soon, if he is still alive, she said.

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