Sherri Papini disappeared in 2016 while out for a run. She returned weeks later, claiming two Hispanic women had kidnapped her. Now, investigators claim she fabricated the whole story.
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According to the criminal complaint filed in the case, Papini was 34 when she went missing from Mountain Gate on Nov. 2, 2016. Extensive searches were conducted for her in Shasta County and California as well as in several other states.
On Nov. 24, Thanksgiving Day, Papini reappeared along a rural road in Yolo County near Woodland, bruised and bound by restraints, according to the county sheriff’s office. Papini had various bindings on her body and injuries including a brand on her right shoulder, according to authorities.
At the time, Papini told law enforcement officers and others that she had been abducted and held at gunpoint by two Hispanic women. She also provided details of the alleged abductors to an FBI sketch artist. Based on her account, law enforcement agencies were on the lookout for Hispanic women matching Papini’s description.
The investigation eventually showed that her account was fabricated and that Papini, who was married, had voluntarily stayed with a former boyfriend in Costa Mesa, California, and had harmed herself to make her story convincing, authorities said.
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Did Karen ask to speak with the police manager?
Do the crime, face the time.
Anyone who lies to police dispatch should be charged with a crime
What in the papini ! Is going in here hhahaa.. in honor of our absurd news I’m inventing the papini sandwich . What the papini is up with her ?! Is she out of her pappers mind ?
How they figured this out is amazing to me !!
For papinis sake! What the papini is wrong with her?!!! And what in the papini !!??