 "The Daily Telegraph" speculated that had Shannon been part of a middle-class family, in which articulate parents were conversant with the mechanics of mobilising a slick public awareness campaign, then more public attention would have been focused on the effort to find her.On 7 March, Karen said on ITV's "GMTV" that she was certain that her 22-year-old boyfriend Craig Meehan was not involved in the kidnapping and he "would not hurt anybody".Meehan was defended by Shannon's father, Leon Rose.