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Man arrested as Shannon found alive
Man arrested as Shannon found alive
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2008
By:
Nick Martin
A man is arrested after missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews is found alive in a house in West Yorkshire, 24 days after she went missing.
Police said specialist search teams discovered the child, hidden in the base of a divan bed in a house in the Batley Carr area of Dewsbury, just after noon.
A 39-year old man was arrested on suspicion of abduction at the address. He is now being held in custody.
Officers smashed their way into a flat in Lidgate Gardens, just a mile from her family home in Moorside Road.
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