Overview

• The two-part documentary “The Hunt for Shannon Matthews” premieres on Amazon Prime Video on 17 August with newly recorded interviews.
• Former friend Julie Bushby recounts prison visits to Karen Matthews, noting unexplained bruises and shifting explanations for her injuries.
• Reporter Richard Edwards describes a late-night tipster encounter in which a stranger pointed to Karen’s home and insisted she knew where Shannon had been held.
• Neighbour Petra Jamieson recalls Karen’s chilling chip-shop remark about “getting rid of one of my kids,” which intensified local suspicions.
• These personal recollections reaffirm that the core facts—Shannon’s 2008 discovery, the 2009 convictions and her lifelong anonymity order—remain unchanged.