Shannon Matthews taken off atrisk child protection register before kidnapping

Dec. 5, 2008
Shannon Matthews was taken off the atrisk child protection register by social workers before being drugged and kidnapped by her mother Karen Matthews and 'uncle' Michael Donovan.
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