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| Mother's plea to missing daughter | Mother's plea to missing daughter |
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| The mother of a nine-year-old girl who has gone missing from home has made an appeal for her daughter's safe return. | The mother of a nine-year-old girl who has gone missing from home has made an appeal for her daughter's safe return. |
| Shannon Matthews' disappearance was reported to police on Tuesday night after she did not return to her home on Moorside Road, Dewsbury Moor, Dewsbury. | Shannon Matthews' disappearance was reported to police on Tuesday night after she did not return to her home on Moorside Road, Dewsbury Moor, Dewsbury. |
| Her mother, Karen, said: "Shannon, if you're out there, please come home. We love you to bits, we miss you so much." | Her mother, Karen, said: "Shannon, if you're out there, please come home. We love you to bits, we miss you so much." |
| Ch Supt Barry South, of West Yorkshire Police, said officers were looking at the possibility she may have run away. | Ch Supt Barry South, of West Yorkshire Police, said officers were looking at the possibility she may have run away. |
| He said more than 200 officers were involved in the search. | He said more than 200 officers were involved in the search. |
| If she's hurt in anyway, we will love her better Karen Matthews | |
| Appealing directly to her daughter, Shannon's mother added: "I'm begging you baby, please come home." | Appealing directly to her daughter, Shannon's mother added: "I'm begging you baby, please come home." |
| "Shannon, you are not in trouble, darling, please come home," she said. | |
| "This is the first time Shannon you've done it, we don't know why baby, but we love you." | |
| She described Shannon as her "beautiful princess daughter" and pleaded with anyone who has her to bring "her home safe". | |
| The nine-year-old has never gone missing before | The nine-year-old has never gone missing before |
| "If she's hurt in anyway, we will love her better," Mrs Matthews said. | |
| "Me and her dad are missing her so much. Her little sister and brother [are] going out of their mind, they just want their big sister home safe." | |
| Police said Shannon, who attends West Moor Junior School, has never been missing before. | Police said Shannon, who attends West Moor Junior School, has never been missing before. |
| She was last seen by teachers leaving the school at about 1510 GMT after she had returned from swimming. | She was last seen by teachers leaving the school at about 1510 GMT after she had returned from swimming. |
| Ch Supt South said: "We've been speaking with some of the young children, friends of Shannon, and there appears to be a suggestion that she may have mentioned something about running away. | Ch Supt South said: "We've been speaking with some of the young children, friends of Shannon, and there appears to be a suggestion that she may have mentioned something about running away. |
| "I would like to appeal to anybody out there, who if they are aware of where Shannon is, if they are aware that she's run away and she's with them, to let us know as soon as possible. | "I would like to appeal to anybody out there, who if they are aware of where Shannon is, if they are aware that she's run away and she's with them, to let us know as soon as possible. |
| "Our key priority at this moment in time is to locate her safe and well." | "Our key priority at this moment in time is to locate her safe and well." |