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Michael Donovan, the man behind a fake kidnap plot involving West Yorkshire girl Shannon Matthews has died aged 54. He and Shannon's mother Karen Matthews staged the nine-year-old's disappearance in February 2008 in a scheme to claim a £50,000 reward. The 24-day search for Shannon ended when she was found in a bed drawer a few miles from her Dewsbury Moor home. Matthews and Donovan were jailed for kidnap, false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice. Image Credit: West Yorkshire Police