In February 2008, 9 year-old school Shannon Matthews disappeared on her way home from school in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. For 24 days the British public watched as the search for her grew into Yorkshire Police’s biggest operation since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper in the 1970s.
This week we look at this unbelievable case of kidnapping and fraud, along with the issues it raised when it comes to social services and class discrimination in the UK, and how Shannon’s rescue only brought up more questions than answers.
FURTHER READING:
Shannon - The Mother Of All Lies
The Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews.
Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews
Shannon Matthews: The unravelling of the truth
Shannon Matthews timeline
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117: The Axeman of New Orleans
116: The Mad Bomber
115: La Voisin
114: The Pink Panthers
113: The Hollywood Blacklist
112: LISK (Part 2)
111: LISK (Part 1)
110: DB Cooper
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108: The Mysterious Death of Alfred Loewenstein
107: The Montauk Project
106: The Lost Cosmonauts
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