Now we are all speculating here.

But the best view of the facts I have is that the adults in Shannon's household seem to have been rather better than some of their immediate neighbours in remaining in paid employment.

As to obstruction, if (as I suspect) this was an inside job rescue of a child from her mother's lover, the mother's repeated assertions (assuming that she made such) of lack of knowledge of the child's whereabouts would seem consistent, no?

And damn, after the way some here have behaved recently and the apparent views of some mods, I was REALLY trying not to post. And then I saw this and had to.