'Papini's nose was swollen, she had bruises on her face, rashes on her left arm and left upper inner thigh as well as other parts of her body, ligature marks on her wrists and ankles, burns on her left forearm, and bruising on her pelvis and the fronts of both legs.' She had been branded on her right shoulder, although the exact content of the brand was indistinguishable. 'She appeared to have lost a considerable amount of weight. She had been branded on one shoulder, had her long blonde hair cut short and had suffered a broken nose. She told cops she had been kidnapped by two Hispanic women. Papini, whose disappearance and mysterious reappearance set off a frantic three-week search more than five years earlier has admitted it was a hoax Three weeks later, Papini was discovered wandering along a highway near Woodside, California 150 miles away from her home.Ī 'missing' sign for Sherri Papini, is seen near the location where the mom of two is believed to have gone missing while on an afternoon jog.
He told cops that he had hidden Papini in his apartment and purchased the branding equipment from a local branch of Hobby Lobby – even driving the 'supermom' back to Northern California when she decided to end her disappearance. Upon speaking with the Bureau the ex, James Reyes, 37, told agents that he helped Papini 'run away' after she had told him her husband Keith was abusing her and that she needed to escape - despite no reports ever alleging such abuse being filed. When the FBI further investigated, items from his home were analyzed for DNA which ultimately matched that collected from Papini's clothing. 'Instead of retracting her kidnapping story, Papini continued to make false statements about her purported abductors.'Īuthorities now say that Papini's disappearance was nothing to do with kidnapping at all but was staying at an ex-boyfriend's apartment in Costa Mesa. Her ex-boyfriend told police she convinced him that Keith was abusing her and that she wanted help to get away from him so convinced the ex-boyfriend to pick her up
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California 'Super Mom' Sherri Papini finally admits to faking her own kidnapping and collecting $30K in victim compensation: Issues groveling apology and accepts plea deal after claiming she'd been abducted, abused and branded during 22-day ordeal
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