The McCann Family's Struggle to Find Shannon Matthews

Shannon Matthews was nine when she went missing from her home in London. Her parents, Gordon and June, were struggling financially but had a lot of love for their family. Shannon's disappearance thrust the case into a little bit bigger of a spotlight than Madeline McCann's abduction. The community came together to help out as they did not see themselves as "weird" or 'mooching off government people'