Looks like they found her

KNiVES · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:25

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7296756.stm

Missing West Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been found alive, it has been reported.

West Yorkshire Police are yet to confirm that she has been found.

The nine-year-old was last seen leaving Westmoor Junior School in Dewsbury on 19 February.

The force said the operation was the biggest missing person's case it had undertaken since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper.

At least this means we won't be seeing any further media-whoring.

Viper² · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:26

Good news.

iSam · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:27

For a change, its good news.

iamdjdz · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:27

Well it's at least nice for the family if indeed she is found alive and they can get on with normal life.

Spend_day · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:27

thank god that is one scary looking child

Viper² · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:28

Spend_day said:
thank god that is one scary looking child

CChrisca · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:29

yea thats really good news - be interesting to see the story unfolding as to where she has been and who has been caring for her though

.Lethal · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:29

Nice to see a good outcome for a change

Spend_day · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:30

CChrisca said:
yea thats really good news - be interesting to see the story unfolding as to where she has been and who has been caring for her though

im guessing its gonna be something like this
Shannon Matthews: mum said she wanted to be on tv so i went and stayed at my aunties house for a few weeks

wannabedamned · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:32

Good news

scorza · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:33

KNiVES said:
At least this means we won't be seeing any further media-whoring.

Yup the most important thing is that we won't have to hear about this anymore :rolleyes:

knip · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:35

Oh thank god.

The Dread Pirate · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:38

Good her parents must be so damn relieved not to mention the rest of the community who helped in the search

Mat · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:38

Unconfirmed: she was found under her grandparents bed...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/ne...296800/7296826.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1

Schnippzle · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:39

Spend_day said:
thank god that is one scary looking child

Tefal · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:40

Spend_day said:
mum said she wanted to be on tv so i went and stayed at my aunties house for a few weeks

:/

If that's true she and anyone else who knew should be charged with wasting police time.

Cosimo · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:41

Nice to hear some good news.

mmj_uk · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:41

I must admit I'm very suspicious of the whole thing.

It wouldn't surprised me if this whole event has been manufactured to generate some quick income, afterall the McCann's made over a million when their daughter disappeared...

That said I'm just glad she's been found safe and well.

KNiVES · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:48

scorza said:
Yup the most important thing is that we won't have to hear about this anymore

You'd be very surprised at the public apathy stemming from the excess reporting of the Madeleine McCann disappearance. I remember quite a few ocukers here expressing their discontent at the eventual media circus that would have came to be if this girl stayed missing for an extended period of time. It's good that she's been found, of course. But for all the wrong reasons this time, personally, for me and a lot of others. Yes it's cold of me to say, but at least I am honest.

The bottom line is, one girl's with her family again, and it hasn't ended in tragedy. Time to move on.

cheets64 · 14 Mar 2008 at 14:50

Hmm lets see what comes of this now, could we have another "missing canoeist" on our hands