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California Woman Faked Kidnapping, Defrauded State, Feds Say
KSBW ^ | Mar 3, 2022

Posted on 03/04/2022 11:21:09 AM PST by nickcarraway

A Northern California woman whose disappearance and mysterious reappearance set off a frantic three-week search more than five years ago was arrested Thursday on charges of lying to federal agents about being kidnapped and defrauding the state's victim compensation board of $30,000.

Sherri Papini, 39, of Redding, was found in November 2016 after days of searching in California and several nearby states, with bindings on her body and injuries including a "brand" on her right shoulder.

She had been reported missing Nov. 2. She told authorities at the time that she had been kidnapped at gunpoint by two Hispanic women, even providing descriptions to an FBI sketch artist.

(Excerpt) Read more at ksbw.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: crime; kidnapping; localnews; sherripapini

1 posted on 03/04/2022 11:21:09 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Jussie and her should get together and compare notes..............


2 posted on 03/04/2022 11:26:13 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: nickcarraway

Pardon me if I’m not ready to jump to conclusions and find the accused ‘guilty’.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-5-million-settlement-for-couple-in-bizarre-kidnapping-police-called-gone-girl-hoax/


3 posted on 03/04/2022 11:26:29 AM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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To: nickcarraway

What grade does she teach?


4 posted on 03/04/2022 11:32:06 AM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: nickcarraway

Munchausen Syndrome.


5 posted on 03/04/2022 12:15:05 PM PST by tom paine 2
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I really want to vote 'not guilty', but this story never smelled right to me, right from the start.
6 posted on 03/04/2022 2:15:46 PM PST by qwerty1234
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To: qwerty1234

I agree, but I’d still feel better if they hadn’t waited more than 5 years to do this.


7 posted on 03/04/2022 2:18:35 PM PST by nickcarraway
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