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| Tia Sharp: Shannon Matthews police help in hunt | Tia Sharp: Shannon Matthews police help in hunt |
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| Police from the force that investigated the kidnapping of Shannon Matthews are involved in the search for missing schoolgirl Tia Sharp, Scotland Yard has confirmed. | Police from the force that investigated the kidnapping of Shannon Matthews are involved in the search for missing schoolgirl Tia Sharp, Scotland Yard has confirmed. |
| Tia, 12, disappeared on Friday afternoon on her way to shop at the Whitgift Centre in Croydon, south London. | Tia, 12, disappeared on Friday afternoon on her way to shop at the Whitgift Centre in Croydon, south London. |
| Officers from West Yorkshire Police are now involved. | Officers from West Yorkshire Police are now involved. |
| The Metropolitan Police said they were drawing on their kidnap expertise. | The Metropolitan Police said they were drawing on their kidnap expertise. |
| Eighty officers are involved in the search for Tia, who went missing after a visit to her grandmother's house in New Addington in Croydon. | |
| The disappearance of nine-year-old Shannon in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, prompted a large-scale police search in 2008. | The disappearance of nine-year-old Shannon in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, prompted a large-scale police search in 2008. |
| Twenty-four days later she was found alive under a bed in Batley Carr, less than a mile from her home. | Twenty-four days later she was found alive under a bed in Batley Carr, less than a mile from her home. |
| Shannon's mother Karen Matthews and Michael Donovan - the uncle of Ms Matthews's partner - were convicted in December 2008 of the child's kidnap, which they committed in a plan to claim £50,000 in reward money. | |
| A Met spokesman said it was "routine" to liaise with all forces that have dealt with similar cases. | |
| He added: "This case is like the Shannon Matthews case. | |
| "This is a missing persons case and we are putting all our resources into finding her." | |
| Stuart Hazell - the partner of Tia's grandmother Christine Sharp - was questioned by police as a witness for more than two hours on Wednesday before returning home. |