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16:46 GMT, Friday, 14 March 2008
In pictures: Search for Shannon
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Missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been found alive after being missing since 19 February. Police say a 39-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of abduction.
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The nine-year-old was found in the base of a divan bed in a property in Batley Carr, West Yorkshire.
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The force said the operation was the biggest missing person's case it had undertaken since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper.
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The discovery brought to an end a search in which police carried out door-to-door enquiries.
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Following Shannon's disappearance on 19 February candles were lit during prayer services in the Dewsbury area. She was missing for over three weeks.
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Local people began putting up posters appealing for sightings of Shannon, or information about her.
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Forensic officers entered Shannon's home. Her father, who lives in Huddersfield, claimed the youngster said she wanted to live with him.
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When Shannon was missing, her mother Karen held a press conference where she made an emotional appeal for information about her daughter's whereabouts.
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CCTV footage was released showing Shannon leaving Dewsbury Sports Centre after a school swimming trip, a short time before she disappeared.
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