Overview

• Prime Video premiered the two-part documentary The Hunt for Shannon Matthews on August 17, revisiting the 2008 abduction case.
• Petra Jamieson suggests Karen Matthews may have staged the kidnapping to shield Shannon from Craig Meehan after learning of abusive images on his computer.
• Former family liaison officer Christine Freeman describes Karen Matthews as sleep-deprived and grieving at their first meeting and notes Karen implied someone close to the family was involved.
• Detective testimony in the film recounts how Shannon was found heavily drugged, tied and hidden in a divan bed at Michael Donovan’s flat after a 24-day search.
• Despite the fresh accounts, the documentary does not alter the convictions of Matthews and Donovan or Shannon’s subsequent placement into care under a new identity.