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I'll shorten this up a bit - just wanted to put pertinent info on the first post.
Tuesday, March 8th:
*Detention Hearing (@ 2pm PT) CA - Sherri Louise Papini (34 @ time of crime/39), whose kidnapping (11/2/16) & sensational return on Thanksgiving day, 11/24/16 captured global attention, has been arrested & charged (3/3/21) with making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer & defrauding the California Victim’s Compensation Board of $30K. (Paid victim assistance money based on her kidnapping story. From 2017 thru 2021, Papini’s request for victim assistance caused approximately 35 payments totaling over $30,000, including for visits to her therapist & for the ambulance that transported her to the hospital after her return. No bond.
Long story short: Papini disappeared on 11/2/16 while she was out for a run near her home. The mother of two disappeared in Shasta County, about 215 miles north of San Francisco. Her phone, with headphones attached, was found alongside the rural road where she lived in the little community of Mountain Gate, north of Redding. Papini was found alongside Interstate 5 in Yolo County, about 100 miles from her home on Thanksgiving, 11/24/16. The sheriff’s office also gave additional details on Papini’s physical condition when she was found. Her nose was broken & she was wearing a chain restraint around her waist. Her blonde hair had been cut to shoulder length & she had a brand burned into her right shoulder. 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 & ankles, burns on her left forearm & bruising on her pelvis & the fronts of both legs. Papini at the time gave a limited description of the two women she claimed held her captive for more than 3 weeks. The case was unsolved for years.
While at Woodland Hospital, Papini’s clothing was collected for DNA sampling, including her sweatshirt, sweatpants, socks & underwear. Papini told investigators that this was her original underwear from the day of her disappearance. The clothing was submitted to the California Dept. of Justice (“CA DOJ”), Bureau of Forensic Services (“BFS”), Redding Laboratory for processing. Mixtures of DNA consistent with Papini one male contributor who was not Husband were recovered from multiple cuttings taken from Papini’s underwear & one cutting taken from Papini’s sweatpants. The male contributor DNA to Papini’s clothing was uploaded to the Combined DNA Index System (“CODIS”), where they were routinely searched against profiles from case evidence as well as individuals in the database.
On 9/26/19, SCSO detectives submitted a letter to CA DOJ, BFS requesting a familial DNA search for the unknown male DNA contributor identified on PAPINI’s underwear. On 3/19/20, the CA DOJ Familial Search Committee voted to release a familial search result to provide analytical assistance in an effort to identify the unknown male DNA. On 3/19/20, the CA DOJ, BFS, Redding Laboratory received an email identifying Person 2 as a potential relative of the unknown male DNA contributor identified in Papini’s clothing. Person 2 had two living biological sons, one of whom was Ex-Boyfriend.
The investigation eventually showed that her account was fabricated & that Papini, who was married, had voluntarily stayed with a former boyfriend in Costa Mesa & had harmed herself to make her story convincing. Investigators have released new details in the mysterious case -including the discovery of male DNA on her clothing, even though the so-called “super mom” claimed her kidnappers were women. The Shasta County sheriff’s dept. said that investigators collected male DNA from the clothing that she was wearing when she was found. Female DNA also was discovered on Papini’s body. The samples have not been identified. According to the DOJ, in an interview conducted by a federal agent & a Shasta County Sheriff’s Office detective in August 2020, Papini was warned that it was a crime to lie to federal agents. She was presented with evidence that showed she had not been abducted. Instead of retracting her kidnapping story, Papini continued to make false statements about her purported abductors.
Ex-Boyfriend admitted to investigators that he helped Papini “run away.” Ex-Boyfriend explained that Papini was “a good friend” & she had asked him for help. Papini told him that her husband was beating & raping her & she was trying to escape. Papini told Ex-Boyfriend that she had filed police reports, but the police were not doing anything to stop her husband’s abuse. Ex-Boyfriend said “she had something planned up” & he was trying to help her get away from Husband & be a good friend. On Federal hold in Sacramento County jail.
3/4/22 Update: Papini, the Redding woman accused of faking her own kidnapping while she spent 22 days with an ex-boyfriend, appeared in court via Zoom for the first time Friday, and was ordered to remain in Sacramento County Jail until at least Tuesday afternoon. Papini, who was represented by Redding defense attorney Michael Borges, did not speak during her brief arraignment hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremy Peterson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. She faces charges of making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer and mail fraud. The maximum prison sentence is five years for the first charge and 20 years for the second. Each charge carries a maximum financial penalty of $250,000 and Peterson said she could also be required to pay restitution. Borges also argued for Papini's release on her own recognizance, but prosecutor Veronica Alegría countered that the allegations against Papini show she is a flight risk. Peterson set a detention hearing for 2pm Tuesday, 3/8/22 & a preliminary hearing for 2pm on 3/18/22.
Tuesday, March 8th:
*Detention Hearing (@ 2pm PT) CA - Sherri Louise Papini (34 @ time of crime/39), whose kidnapping (11/2/16) & sensational return on Thanksgiving day, 11/24/16 captured global attention, has been arrested & charged (3/3/21) with making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer & defrauding the California Victim’s Compensation Board of $30K. (Paid victim assistance money based on her kidnapping story. From 2017 thru 2021, Papini’s request for victim assistance caused approximately 35 payments totaling over $30,000, including for visits to her therapist & for the ambulance that transported her to the hospital after her return. No bond.
Long story short: Papini disappeared on 11/2/16 while she was out for a run near her home. The mother of two disappeared in Shasta County, about 215 miles north of San Francisco. Her phone, with headphones attached, was found alongside the rural road where she lived in the little community of Mountain Gate, north of Redding. Papini was found alongside Interstate 5 in Yolo County, about 100 miles from her home on Thanksgiving, 11/24/16. The sheriff’s office also gave additional details on Papini’s physical condition when she was found. Her nose was broken & she was wearing a chain restraint around her waist. Her blonde hair had been cut to shoulder length & she had a brand burned into her right shoulder. 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 & ankles, burns on her left forearm & bruising on her pelvis & the fronts of both legs. Papini at the time gave a limited description of the two women she claimed held her captive for more than 3 weeks. The case was unsolved for years.
While at Woodland Hospital, Papini’s clothing was collected for DNA sampling, including her sweatshirt, sweatpants, socks & underwear. Papini told investigators that this was her original underwear from the day of her disappearance. The clothing was submitted to the California Dept. of Justice (“CA DOJ”), Bureau of Forensic Services (“BFS”), Redding Laboratory for processing. Mixtures of DNA consistent with Papini one male contributor who was not Husband were recovered from multiple cuttings taken from Papini’s underwear & one cutting taken from Papini’s sweatpants. The male contributor DNA to Papini’s clothing was uploaded to the Combined DNA Index System (“CODIS”), where they were routinely searched against profiles from case evidence as well as individuals in the database.
On 9/26/19, SCSO detectives submitted a letter to CA DOJ, BFS requesting a familial DNA search for the unknown male DNA contributor identified on PAPINI’s underwear. On 3/19/20, the CA DOJ Familial Search Committee voted to release a familial search result to provide analytical assistance in an effort to identify the unknown male DNA. On 3/19/20, the CA DOJ, BFS, Redding Laboratory received an email identifying Person 2 as a potential relative of the unknown male DNA contributor identified in Papini’s clothing. Person 2 had two living biological sons, one of whom was Ex-Boyfriend.
The investigation eventually showed that her account was fabricated & that Papini, who was married, had voluntarily stayed with a former boyfriend in Costa Mesa & had harmed herself to make her story convincing. Investigators have released new details in the mysterious case -including the discovery of male DNA on her clothing, even though the so-called “super mom” claimed her kidnappers were women. The Shasta County sheriff’s dept. said that investigators collected male DNA from the clothing that she was wearing when she was found. Female DNA also was discovered on Papini’s body. The samples have not been identified. According to the DOJ, in an interview conducted by a federal agent & a Shasta County Sheriff’s Office detective in August 2020, Papini was warned that it was a crime to lie to federal agents. She was presented with evidence that showed she had not been abducted. Instead of retracting her kidnapping story, Papini continued to make false statements about her purported abductors.
Ex-Boyfriend admitted to investigators that he helped Papini “run away.” Ex-Boyfriend explained that Papini was “a good friend” & she had asked him for help. Papini told him that her husband was beating & raping her & she was trying to escape. Papini told Ex-Boyfriend that she had filed police reports, but the police were not doing anything to stop her husband’s abuse. Ex-Boyfriend said “she had something planned up” & he was trying to help her get away from Husband & be a good friend. On Federal hold in Sacramento County jail.
3/4/22 Update: Papini, the Redding woman accused of faking her own kidnapping while she spent 22 days with an ex-boyfriend, appeared in court via Zoom for the first time Friday, and was ordered to remain in Sacramento County Jail until at least Tuesday afternoon. Papini, who was represented by Redding defense attorney Michael Borges, did not speak during her brief arraignment hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremy Peterson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. She faces charges of making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer and mail fraud. The maximum prison sentence is five years for the first charge and 20 years for the second. Each charge carries a maximum financial penalty of $250,000 and Peterson said she could also be required to pay restitution. Borges also argued for Papini's release on her own recognizance, but prosecutor Veronica Alegría countered that the allegations against Papini show she is a flight risk. Peterson set a detention hearing for 2pm Tuesday, 3/8/22 & a preliminary hearing for 2pm on 3/18/22.