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Woman Who Faked Kidnapping Gets 18 Months

Sep 19, 2022 6:55 PM CDT

Sherri Papini Learns Her Fate

Judge sentences California woman to 18 months for kidnapping hoax

(Newser) - Sherri Papini, the California woman who faked her own kidnapping in 2016, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison—more than double what prosecutors were seeking. The 40-year-old pleaded guilty earlier this year to mail fraud and lying to a federal agent. Prosecutors had asked for her to...

Sherri Papini
Admits Faking
Kidnapping

Apr 13, 2022 12:14 AM CDT

Sherri Papini Admits Faking Kidnapping

She'll plead guilty, could spend more than a year in prison

(Newser) - Sherri Papini, the northern California woman who was supposedly kidnapped in 2016 and was recently arrested after a yearslong investigation of the case, has admitted she faked her own abduction. Papini, 39, accepted a plea deal with prosecutors Tuesday, SFGate reports. "I am deeply ashamed of myself for my...

Hearing Surfaces Details of Sherri Papini's Arrest

Prosecutor: Sherri Papini
Screamed 'No' at FBI Agent

Mar 9, 2022 12:12 PM CST

Prosecutor: Sherri Papini Screamed 'No' at FBI Agent

Details of 39-year-old's arrest discussed in court hearing

(Newser) - Sherri Papini was released on a $120,000 bond Tuesday, but USA Today notes that's far from the most interesting detail to come out of the federal court hearing. Papini, who claimed to have been kidnapped and held for three weeks in 2016 but is accused of actually having...

Sherri Papini's Disappearance Had California on Edge. Cops Say She Faked It

Woman Whose
'Kidnapping'
Had California
on Edge Faked
It All: Cops

Mar 4, 2022 1:13 AM CST

Woman Whose 'Kidnapping' Had California on Edge Faked It All: Cops

Sherri Papini arrested over 2016 incident

(Newser) - A Northern California woman who claimed to have been kidnapped and held for three weeks in 2016 was arrested Thursday and accused of making up the whole thing. Sherri Papini, 39, disappeared Nov. 2 of that year after going jogging near her home north of San Francisco; her husband went...

A New Clue
Pops Up in
Strange Case
of Sherri Papini

Nov 8, 2017 7:38 AM CST

A New Clue Pops Up in Strange Case of Sherri Papini

Surveillance video shows formerly missing mom running near church shortly before she was found

(Newser) - A new clue in the case of Sherri Papini has emerged. A surveillance video shows the formerly missing California woman sprinting near a Jehovah's Witness church in Yolo County early on Thanksgiving last year, shortly before she was found by a trucker on an Interstate 5 ramp, per the...

New Evidence Unveiled in Weird Calif. Kidnap Case

New Evidence Unveiled in
Weird California Kidnap Case

Oct 26, 2017 6:41 AM CDT

New Evidence Unveiled in Weird California Kidnap Case

Male, female DNA was recovered from Sherri Papini

(Newser) - Authorities have released new details in the Sherri Papini case, almost a year after the California mother of two young children vanished after going for a jog. She disappeared on Nov. 2 last year and was next seen 22 days later, when she flagged down a passing car 150 miles...

Mom Once Accused Sherri Papini of Self-Harm

2003 Report Breaks Quiet
Surrounding Sherri Papini Case

Mar 31, 2017 6:39 AM CDT

2003 Report Breaks Quiet Surrounding Sherri Papini Case

Her mother claimed Papini was harming herself but blaming her mother

(Newser) - Investigators haven't gone public with any new info about Sherri Papini's alleged kidnapping since Nov. 30—but the Sacramento Bee has done some digging. After filing several California Public Records Act requests, it obtained a December 2003 police report that's just two sentences long. What it says:...

Husband
Describes
Sherri Papini's
Kidnap Ordeal

Dec 1, 2016 4:38 AM CST

Husband Describes Sherri Papini's Kidnap Ordeal

He says captors kept bag over her head

(Newser) - Sherri Papini's captors put a bag over her head and kept her chained up any time she was in a vehicle, husband Keith Papini says. "She was bound" and "had a metal chain around her waist," the California woman's husband says in an interview with...

Sheriff Says Captors Burned
Message Onto Sherri Papini

Nov 30, 2016 1:48 PM CST

Sheriff Says Captors Burned Message Onto Sherri Papini

'It is not a symbol, but it was a message'

(Newser) - Not only was Sherri Papini apparently chained and beaten during her three-week abduction, but her kidnappers also allegedly burned a message into her skin, ABC News reports. Sheriff Tom Bosenko says the California woman who disappeared while jogging on Nov. 2 was branded by her captors. "I would think...

Husband:
Sherri Papini
Weighed 87 Lbs.
When Found

Nov 29, 2016 8:53 AM CST

Husband: Sherri Papini Weighed 87 Lbs. When Found

Says his wife suffered 'both intense physical agony and severe mental torture'

(Newser) - Keith Papini says his wife suffered "both intense physical agony and severe mental torture" while held captive for 22 days, and anyone spreading "disgusting" rumors "should be ashamed of their malicious, subhuman behavior." In a statement to ABC News , the husband of Sherri Papini—who flagged...

Police Say
Missing Jogger's
Story Holds Up

Nov 28, 2016 6:33 AM CST

Police Say Missing Jogger's Story Holds Up

But officials haven't released additional details

(Newser) - California police still aren't revealing much about Sherri Papini's alleged kidnapping, but they do say that so far, her story holds up. "We currently have no reason to disbelieve Sherri Papini's story," said Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko on Sunday. "She was assaulted and...