The Girl Under The Mattress (Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews)

Overview

The police had been searching for Shannon for 24 days - a search that would cost taxpayers over $3.2 million. The police were doing yet another routine search of a house they heard a tiny voice call out “stop it you’re scaring me.” Shivers went down their spine. Where is that coming from? Inside the bed? They looked closer and realized the 9-year-old was underneath the mattress… They asked her “well where is the man that took you?” She pointed at the bed…