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| Scores of police officers are continuing their search for a missing nine-year-old girl who failed to return home on Tuesday. | Scores of police officers are continuing their search for a missing nine-year-old girl who failed to return home on Tuesday. |
| Shannon Matthews's disappearance was reported that night after she did not return to her home on Moorside Road, Dewsbury Moor, West Yorkshire. | |
| Search teams worked through Tuesday night in freezing conditions but temperatures rose on Thursday. | Search teams worked through Tuesday night in freezing conditions but temperatures rose on Thursday. |
| Officers are now checking out reports she had said she wanted to run away. | Officers are now checking out reports she had said she wanted to run away. |
| On Thursday morning her step aunt Amanda Hyett, who lives next door to Shannon's family said they were still waiting for news. | On Thursday morning her step aunt Amanda Hyett, who lives next door to Shannon's family said they were still waiting for news. |
| "We're just absolutely all shattered, we're all out looking. | "We're just absolutely all shattered, we're all out looking. |
| "We appreciate what the police are doing, they're out looking constantly. | "We appreciate what the police are doing, they're out looking constantly. |
| "We're just really wanting some news...to give us an edge...where to look next, that's all." | "We're just really wanting some news...to give us an edge...where to look next, that's all." |
| Shannon's mother described her as a princess Mother's appeal | Shannon's mother described her as a princess Mother's appeal |
| Family friend Petra Jameson said she was keen to get back to searching for the youngster. | Family friend Petra Jameson said she was keen to get back to searching for the youngster. |
| "Once my kids are at school I'm going to see what I can do. | "Once my kids are at school I'm going to see what I can do. |
| "Drive around, see if anybody has heard or seen anything. | "Drive around, see if anybody has heard or seen anything. |
| "We've been putting posters on the shop windows. This morning I gave my husband about 20 posters. | "We've been putting posters on the shop windows. This morning I gave my husband about 20 posters. |
| "He works in the Doncaster, Wakefield and Leeds areas so he's going to put them up and so, hopefully, someone knows something." | "He works in the Doncaster, Wakefield and Leeds areas so he's going to put them up and so, hopefully, someone knows something." |
| On Wednesday evening her tearful mother, Karen, said: "Shannon, if you're out there, please come home. We love you to bits, we miss you so much." | On Wednesday evening her tearful 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 | 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. | "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." | "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 may have her to bring "her home safe". | She described Shannon as her "beautiful princess daughter" and pleaded with anyone who may have her to bring "her home safe". |
| "If she's hurt in anyway, we will love her better," Mrs Matthews said. | "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." | "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. |