The disappearance of nine year-old Shannon Matthews in 2008 was genuinely one of the strangest crime cases in recent memory. Missing child cases like this are awfully grim because they rarely have a happy ending.

The police, media, and everyone who was anxiously looking on and following this case all The disappearance of nine year-old Shannon Matthews in 2008 was genuinely one of the strangest crime cases in recent memory. Missing child cases like this are awfully grim because they rarely have a happy ending. The police, media, and everyone who was anxiously looking on and following this case all feared the worst during the search for Shannon. They had braced themselves for a tragic outcome. When the police actually found Shannon alive there was indescribable relief and jubilation. As soon as the search for Shannon ended though a new criminal case began. To the surprise and genuine bafflement of the watching public, Karen Matthews, who had been a weepy fixture on the nightly news appealing for information about her missing daughter, was now implicated in Shannon's abduction. feared the worst during the search for Shannon. They had braced themselves for a tragic outcome. When the police actually found Shannon alive there was indescribable relief and jubilation.

As soon as the search for Shannon ended though a new criminal case began. To the surprise and genuine bafflement of the watching public, Karen Matthews, who had been a weepy fixture on the nightly news appealing for information about her missing daughter, was now implicated in Shannon's abduction.