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| Shannon 'abducted', relative says | |
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| Three weeks after a nine-year-old girl went missing a relative believes the youngster has been abducted. | Three weeks after a nine-year-old girl went missing a relative believes the youngster has been abducted. |
| Shannon Matthews, was last seen leaving Westmoor Junior School in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on 19 February. | Shannon Matthews, was last seen leaving Westmoor Junior School in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on 19 February. |
| Her second cousin Vicky Saunders, who lives near the schoolgirl's Moorside Road home, said she now believed Shannon had not simply "run away". | Her second cousin Vicky Saunders, who lives near the schoolgirl's Moorside Road home, said she now believed Shannon had not simply "run away". |
| Ms Saunders said the schoolgirl did not like either the cold or the dark and would not have stayed out in the open. | Ms Saunders said the schoolgirl did not like either the cold or the dark and would not have stayed out in the open. |
| A huge search by police officers has failed to find any trace of her. | A huge search by police officers has failed to find any trace of her. |
| Cold day | Cold day |
| Ms Saunders said: "I think she has been taken. | |
| "She hasn't run away, she doesn't like the cold and she doesn't like the dark either, so if she was going to run away, she wouldn't have done it on the Tuesday when it was absolutely cold all day." | "She hasn't run away, she doesn't like the cold and she doesn't like the dark either, so if she was going to run away, she wouldn't have done it on the Tuesday when it was absolutely cold all day." |
| Police teams have searched 500 houses in the area around Dewsbury Moor and specialist sniffer dogs trained to find blood and human remains have been brought in from other forces. | Police teams have searched 500 houses in the area around Dewsbury Moor and specialist sniffer dogs trained to find blood and human remains have been brought in from other forces. |