Thanks for reopening the thread, Tricia. I hope you finally escaped the attack of the killer yoghurt and feel better.
Sorry this is so long, but I have lots of thoughts...:thinking:...and Im just going to dump them all in one post.
At this point, the only evidence of a kidnapping is that Sherri disappeared and then reappeared injured, branded and claiming she was kidnapped and held by two women for no ransom and an apparently unknown reason.
When someone claims they are a victim of a crime, LE is obligated to believe them and proceed accordingly. I believe LE has worked very hard to find evidence to solve this case and bring the kidnappers to justice. Unfortunately, the victim has trouble remembering, the kidnappers have been elusive, there is no known motive, and no apparent reason they picked Sherri.
I believe that LE is smart enough to conduct a parallel investigation to determine whether Sherri has been truthful. So far, they havent come up with anything more than a few fairly minor discrepancies and a man in Michigan who wasnt involved in the kidnapping. So they cant prove that the kidnapping
didnt happen.
To paraphrase and quote the detective:
Despite the apparent inconsistencies, Jackson says he believes Papini was abducted.
I was one of the interviewers initially and we are moving forward, he says. There is no information that would indicate that it is not true.
But again, there is no proof that she actually
was kidnapped other than Sherris absence, her condition when found and her claim that two women took her and kept her for three weeks...and LE has to believe her. But, why was she kidnapped?
LE has ruled out sex trafficking which leaves them with many questions:
Just on the facts that we know it doesnt seem to be a sex trafficking or a sexual abduction in nature, and that is what we are trying to figure out: What was the purpose? he says. Why was she released? It is hard to keep somebody in captivity for 22 days. Why would somebody go to that length? Those are all types of questions we all have.
http://people.com/crime/sherri-papini-dna-male-alleged-abduction/
These questions are very important and I wonder what Sherris answer to them is, if she knows. If I were sitting in Sherris living room I would ask her to at least hypothesize. I would also ask her if she has a theory about why so many people have a problem believing her account. If she has no ideas and is wondering that herself, I might share with her some of my research. (Links below)
There have been plenty of fake kidnappings. Being injured and claiming to be held by kidnappers is not in itself proof of kidnapping. In my research, I discovered that there are people who do hurt themselves severely and there are people who will pay for the experience of being kidnapped.
So even though I have no idea if Sherri is telling the truth or not (and I hope she is), there is no proof so far that she
was kidnapped and there is no proof that she
wasnt. Even though there may be valid reasons to doubt her story, like LE I feel its only fair for me to believe her unless there is evidence that its a fabrication.
https://www.oddee.com/item_99021.aspx
https://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxi...derline-personality-disorder-hurt-themselves/
https://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/self-injury/self-harm-in-adults-self-injury-not-limited-to-teens/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Welcome-bizarre-world-extreme-kidnapping.html