We haven't heard/seen a statement from Sherri herself beyond her phone call to the mayor, and it appears LE has gotten very little from her (hopefully, that appearance doesn't reflect reality).
While Sherri is a victim, she's also a survivor. I hope she possesses the strength that we've seen in a lot of other victims and can help bring her abusers to justice.
These aspects of the case continue to nag at me.
-KP immediately taking pictures of SP's phone to make a clear message for LE that SP isn't at the store or hiding under the bed ..........yet, KP having no idea that he, the spouse, would be a default suspect when his wife disappears near their home (KP's 20/20 account),
-KP going behind LE early on to make sure he's 'comfortable' with what neighbors told LE (WS VI account),
- CG, who is very concerning to me for a few reasons, publicly working around and challenging LE (and, IMO, possibly attempting to create fear in order to sell his service),
- KP seemingly ultra concerned about internet doubters, to the point of publicly revealing case-sensitive information in order to chastise and convince strangers that his wife was really brutally victimized (KP GMA account),
- KP and his 'A-Team' now working a 'shadow' operation from a 'war room' in attempt to 'find' who did this (ABC Gutman account)........because LE was too focused on other suspects early on to properly investigate leads/tips and put surveillance on people (WS VI account).
IIRC, the Sheriff never made statements about suspects before SP's release, beyond confirming the standard LE efforts to clear the spouse while running down hundreds of tips/leads.
The points I've noted above lead me to believe that LE has some extra challenges to navigate in order to identify, arrest, and prosecute whomever is responsible for victimizing SP. I very much hope LE succeeds; really don't want the responsible party(s) getting away with this.
Anyway, I'm so glad SP was released and had no life-threatening injuries associated with the beating, branding and burning. (I'm personally not as concerned about hair-length trauma, though I think the hair-cutting could be a clue as to motive/perps.)