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| Police begin to question Shannon | Police begin to question Shannon |
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| Police have begun questioning Shannon Matthews, the nine-year-old girl found alive three weeks after going missing. | |
| They want to fill in the gaps between her disappearance on 19 February and being found hidden under a bed at a flat in Batley Carr, West Yorkshire. | They want to fill in the gaps between her disappearance on 19 February and being found hidden under a bed at a flat in Batley Carr, West Yorkshire. |
| Police said they expected it be a "long process". Meanwhile, Shannon is under an emergency protection order and is in the care of social services. | Police said they expected it be a "long process". Meanwhile, Shannon is under an emergency protection order and is in the care of social services. |
| Her stepfather's uncle was arrested on suspicion of abduction. | Her stepfather's uncle was arrested on suspicion of abduction. |
| The 39-year-old, said locally to use two names, Paul Drake and Mick Donovan, was found near Shannon, concealed in another compartment in the divan bed. | The 39-year-old, said locally to use two names, Paul Drake and Mick Donovan, was found near Shannon, concealed in another compartment in the divan bed. |
| Police said she had spent a "comfortable and settled night" in care. | Police said she had spent a "comfortable and settled night" in care. |
| Map of where Shannon was found | Map of where Shannon was found |
| Those in the community celebrating the girl's reappearance were hopeful that her parents would return home on Saturday after the pair spent the night in a hotel. | Those in the community celebrating the girl's reappearance were hopeful that her parents would return home on Saturday after the pair spent the night in a hotel. |
| Her 32-year-old mother and stepfather Craig Meehan, 22, looked tired and drawn as they left Dewsbury Police Station on Friday night. | Her 32-year-old mother and stepfather Craig Meehan, 22, looked tired and drawn as they left Dewsbury Police Station on Friday night. |
| Neighbours said they had been briefly reunited with Shannon. | Neighbours said they had been briefly reunited with Shannon. |
| Dewsbury Moor residents celebrated Shannon's discovery | Dewsbury Moor residents celebrated Shannon's discovery |
| Family friend Petra Jamieson, who lives a few doors down from their home on Moorside Road, said Mrs Matthews had told her they had stayed in a hotel. | Family friend Petra Jamieson, who lives a few doors down from their home on Moorside Road, said Mrs Matthews had told her they had stayed in a hotel. |
| "I'm looking after their three children as well as my own while they are away," she said. | "I'm looking after their three children as well as my own while they are away," she said. |
| "I hope that they'll be back today but we just don't know." | "I hope that they'll be back today but we just don't know." |
| Shannon's natural father, Leon Rose, is also understood to have spent time with her following her rescue. | Shannon's natural father, Leon Rose, is also understood to have spent time with her following her rescue. |
| Neighbours and friends in Dewsbury have campaigned to keep Shannon's disappearance in the spotlight. | Neighbours and friends in Dewsbury have campaigned to keep Shannon's disappearance in the spotlight. |
| On Friday night they celebrated her survival, apparently unhurt. | On Friday night they celebrated her survival, apparently unhurt. |
| Banners reading "Welcome back Shannon" and disco lights were set up outside the Matthews family home. | Banners reading "Welcome back Shannon" and disco lights were set up outside the Matthews family home. |
| The schoolgirl had last been seen leaving Westmoor Junior School in Dewsbury on 19 February. | The schoolgirl had last been seen leaving Westmoor Junior School in Dewsbury on 19 February. |
| She was found concealed in the bed in a flat in Lidgate Gardens, just a mile from her home in Dewsbury Moor. | She was found concealed in the bed in a flat in Lidgate Gardens, just a mile from her home in Dewsbury Moor. |
| More than 200 officers and 60 detectives have been involved in the search, which police said amounted to 10% of West Yorkshire Police's operational strength. | More than 200 officers and 60 detectives have been involved in the search, which police said amounted to 10% of West Yorkshire Police's operational strength. |
| The force said the operation was its biggest since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. | The force said the operation was its biggest since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. |
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