Madeleine McCann and Shannon Matthews
Who is Madeleine McCann and Shannon Matthews?
Madeleine McCann-
Madeleine McCann-
-Madeleine vanished on May 3, 2007, when her family, from Leicestershire, were holidaying in the Algarve, Portugal. She is own as 'most heavily reported missing person case in modern history. Her whereabouts are still unknown.
-Parents Gerry and Kate left their three children – including toddler twins Sean and Amelie – sleeping in their apartment while they dined at a tapas bar – 120 metres away.
-When Kate returned to check on the kids at around 10pm that evening, she discovered that Maddie was not in her bed and was missing.
-The parents continued the investigation by using private detectives and teams also, her own fund has been set up where the public and high-paid celebrities can donate money so the investigation can go on.
Shannon Matthews-
-Shannon Matthews disappeared on her way home from a swimming lesson at Westmoor primary school in 2008, in a case that shocked the nation.
-Hundreds of neighbours joined the search which cost West Yorkshire Police £3.2million and lasted 24 days.
-The nine-year-old was found tethered and drugged inside the base of a double bed at relative Michael Donovan’s grotty flat almost a month after she disappeared.
-Karen Matthews, Shannon’s mum, was going out with Donovan’s nephew Craig Meehan at the time and the pair had devised the elaborate plot in a bid to claim the £50,000 reward money for finding Shannon.
-They had planned to release the schoolgirl, ‘discover her’ then take her to a police station and claim the reward before splitting.
-The first photograph of Craig Meehan since the fake kidnapping emerged on February 5. Meehan, who had nothing to do with Shannon’s abduction, was jailed for 20 weeks after unrelated child sex abuse material was discovered on his computer.
-Shannon was taken off Karen and placed in the care of her local authority after the trial.
-She was given a new identity and is now living with a new family.
-A TV show called the 'Moorside' was created which was inspired by the fake kidnap of Shannon Matthews. This show was made to create an awareness of the harsh consequences which comes by sacrificing your children for money.
-Hundreds of neighbours joined the search which cost West Yorkshire Police £3.2million and lasted 24 days.
-The nine-year-old was found tethered and drugged inside the base of a double bed at relative Michael Donovan’s grotty flat almost a month after she disappeared.
-Karen Matthews, Shannon’s mum, was going out with Donovan’s nephew Craig Meehan at the time and the pair had devised the elaborate plot in a bid to claim the £50,000 reward money for finding Shannon.
-They had planned to release the schoolgirl, ‘discover her’ then take her to a police station and claim the reward before splitting.
-The first photograph of Craig Meehan since the fake kidnapping emerged on February 5. Meehan, who had nothing to do with Shannon’s abduction, was jailed for 20 weeks after unrelated child sex abuse material was discovered on his computer.
-Shannon was taken off Karen and placed in the care of her local authority after the trial.
-She was given a new identity and is now living with a new family.
-A TV show called the 'Moorside' was created which was inspired by the fake kidnap of Shannon Matthews. This show was made to create an awareness of the harsh consequences which comes by sacrificing your children for money.
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