34-year-old mother of two, Sherri Papini has been found safe three weeks after she went missing while jogging in northern California, the Shasta County Sheriff's Department said Thursday.
Sherri Papini was found in Yolo County, California, about 140 miles from the Mountain Gate trail where she was last seen.
Sheriff Tom Bosenko said Papini was spotted on the side of a road early Thursday by a driver.
"She is safe, in stable condition and receiving medical clearance at an undisclosed hospital. She has been reunited with her husband."
Papini told authorities she had been held and had freed herself from restraints, Bosenko said.
Authorities are now looking for two women in a dark SUV in connection with the case, the sheriff added. They reportedly are armed. There is no known motive in the case, authorities said Thursday.
An iPhone, a pair of earbuds and a few strands of what was believed to be her hair were the only leads discovered in the days after Papini went missing November 2. They were found on a jogging path not far from the Papinis home.
Neighbors told authorities Papini was last seen in the mid- to late-morning or early afternoon of November 2, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said after her disappearance. She was wearing a pink jogging top.
Later that day, her husband, Keith, arrived home and it was unusually quiet, he said
"On normal days, I would open the door and my family comes, runs and gives me a hug," he told the station.
Here he is telling us what happens on normal days; he is not attempting to portray this day as "normal."
Papini was not home. Nor were the couple's two children -- ages 2 and 4. Her husband told the station that he called their day care center and learned the children hadn't been picked up.
Papini used an app to track down his wife's smartphone; It was down the street from their home. "That's when I knew she had been taken or abducted, in my opinion," he told the station. Papini reported his wife missing.
Sheila Koester, Sherri's older sister, said,
"She is an incredible human being. Best mom I've ever seen."
Keith Papini said he hadn't told the children their mother was missing.
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I think its weird for anyone, esp if they're anonymous, to hire a hostage negotiator when no one asked for ransom. And it looks shady. Note he's referred to as simply a redding area man and who "describes himself as a defense contractor...". Sounds like there's no proof.
"Cameron Gamble, a Redding-area man who describes himself as a defense contractor who works with missionary groups and trains government employees on how to avoid being taken hostage overseas."
Dont the police request those? Shes not the First Lady. And Gamble looks to be the same age as Keith, for what its worth.
Whoa! Check out the blog about Gamble's company Project Taken, "a unique organization focused on training missionaries and ministries to prevent, survive, and escape hostile situation." Its on erickaecourtney.com.
Its a religious org and Sherri is said to be religious (the type a sociopath would target). Halfway down she brings up an interesting idea:
"It’s the perfect name for an organization that would kidnap someone and teach them how to survive. Of course I’m not saying he did it, but I would be stupid not to mention this. And I wonder how many of you out there were thinking the same thing."
So did Sherri take a class there and her hubby and her then decided to go all out and report it as the real thing? Maybe not but its worthy of consideration.
You know earlier I commented on how gamble said Sherri found the key to stay alive which made me think she used a self defense or SURVIVALIST TECHNIQUE. Instead she just waved some fabric to get help.
Maybe his job causes him to speak that way, but if Project Taken does what it says, something bigger than waving fabric would have to impress Gamble.
I felt she had to have done something big, and kept thinking "but shes not alone. The captors will make sure she stays alive at least for awhile."
Well passing his course would impress him right? Maybe he provides faux captors. Maybe female captors for female students and male for male? Explaining why 2 females would kidnap her. And the benefactor? Either its a lie or people merely donate to the company to keep it running.
Im not 100% sold on my theory. And it doesn't totally change my opinion of the hubby. It does solidify my initial impression of them from their personal photos.
Maybe they're just 2 slightly narcissistic attention whores, brought together by superficial looks, having fun at everyone's expense.
I mean she WAS kidnapped. Perhaps they just left out the little detail that its a course.
Isn't Keith a "classmate" of hers? What about her ex? Did he go to school there too? Thinking about this...
Brought over from first page...SA transcript of Keith on 20/20. I am interested to see what Peter things of this part. I was so wrong on the "normal" day thing that I hesitate to even hazard a guess. I will search around to see if there is more released today.
Snippet of Keith's interview on 20/20 coming on Friday..
She was a..BOUND, she had a metal, uh sorry, a chain around her waist, that is correct. She had a bag over her head, that is correct.
Her left hand was........in the vehicle chained to something. And she was..
Interviewer interrupts "To make sure she didn't jump out of the car."
Keith - Yeah, she was always, she was chained, anytime she was in a vehicle. They opened the door, she doesn't know cuz she had a bag over her head, they cut something to free her RESTRAINT that was holding her into the vehicle, and then, kind of pushed her out of the vehicle.
End of clip.
Keith has a very distinct way of talking. Remember how Chandler Bing on Friends would always put emphasis on a particular word in a sentence? Could that BE any funnier? That's how Keith talks. He puts a louder, harder emphasis on certain words.
So all you SA smarties :) Here's a little clip to analyze!
More snippets from 20/20 interview
Keith : "I thought about her bein' there, screaming my name."
Keith: "They opened the door, she doesn't know cuz she had a bag over her head, they cut something to free her RESTRAINT that was holding her into the vehicle, and then, kind of pushed her out of the vehicle and she has, at this point has, no idea where she's at, and then, ran to the a, freeway.
Interviewer voice over explaining that motorists kept whizzing past her
Keith- " She screamed so much, she said she was coughing up,you know, like blood from the screaming, trying to get somebody to, you know, to stop. And again, just another sign of how (chuckles) my wife she's so unbelievable, she's, she's saying, Well maybe people aren't stopping because I have a chain, it looks like I broke outta prison, so she tried to tuck in the, her chain, under her clothes"
I'm assuming as has been stated that the police are indeed still investigating and it could be a part of their strategy to encourage the husband to speak out in public so they can get more information on what happened directly from him. I'm not sure if this indicates anything in terms of innocence or guilt, but this is most likely why we are seeing the husband continue to speak out.
I woke up this morning and it hit me what I think happened in the Sherri Pappini case. I think the hubby had done much if not all of that stuff to Sherri before she disappeared, obviously over the course of time considering she was being starved? Correct? I have only been skimming comments and have not been viewing videos since the initial hubby telling kidnapper to "bring her back". The kids went to daycare during the day even though Sherri was a stay at home Mom, therefore, for all we know he could have had her locked in a room, or refrigerator locked etc during the day while kids at day care. Perhaps Sherri's family would want to see her on Christmas and her hubby needed to come up with the "kidnapping" to explain away why the hell his wife is starved, branded with hair chopped off.
Also, her making a pillow for the family for Christmas and wrapping it so early could be a result of her being locked in a room with nothing else to do. Jmo
"She's, she's saying, Well maybe people aren't stopping because I have a chain, it looks like I broke outta prison,.."
"Is saying" and "arent" are present tense then back to past tense. Who is she talking to and why are they not helping?
How does one cough up blood from screaming too much? That's too stupid to even use in a horror film.
Peter, do you know if these major news shows pay to interview people like KP, and if so, what is the going rate?
"She screamed so much, she said she was coughing up,you know, like blood from the screaming, trying to get somebody to, you know, to stop"
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"you know" - habit
We are supposed to note when "you know" comes up in the language and when it does not as it means that the person talking is hyper aware of their audience/interviewer
So, he says, "you know" right before the words, "like blood" in describing that his wife was screaming so hard that she coughed up something like blood.
He also uses in the same thought "you know" "somebody to stop" in relation to the "like blood" and how that even though she is coughing up blood, she still couldn't get anyone to stop.
What does this mean? Is it because that is a sensitive memory of his wife being so desperate and screaming that she is coughing up blood but someone still doesn't help her? Is he trying to drive that point home to the audience? Is it painful to talk about this aspect so that makes him sensitive to the fact that he is before an audience?
Is the "you know" distancing with the word "you". Minimizing / denial. Is this sentence painful for the subject to even speak?
"and then, kind of pushed her out of the vehicle and she has, at this point has, no idea where she's at, and then, ran to the a, freeway"
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I inserted the dropped pronoun of "she" and "they" where they should be in the sentence but were not
and then THEY kind of pushed her out of the vehicle
at this point has, SHE has no idea where she's at
and then SHE ran to the a , freeway
So dropped pronouns means a lack of commitment to the statement AND distancing? Does his lack of pronoun suggest he is just distancing himself for protective reasons, because it's to painful for him to relay this info or is it a lack of commitment because he questions the veracity of the statement.
I think it's hard to use any priciples when someone is relaying an experience that someone else TOLD them and someone ELSE experienced. He did not experience any of this..he is just relaying what his wife supposedly told him.
Peter, or anyone, can you expound on this? Does it mean anything at all or does SA kind of go out the window when you are relaying someone elses experience that was told to you?
How would even know she screamed so hard she was coughing up blood? Really. Unless he was there when her nose was broken...then he would have seen her cough up blood.
Trying to get somebody (who is "somebody") to stop (to stop what specifically?)
Um, has anybody else read the blog posts allegedly written by Sherri where she talk about beating up Latinas and them beating her up badly in high school?
Is hubby a skinhead and he decided to go violent on his wife? I dont see how it could be a scam....who would go along w all that stuff being done to them?
Did Sherri actually write the skinhead blog posts? Regardless of who wrote them they seem written like fiction.
Even if true that numerous drivers saw her but did not stop isnt it likely that they called 911? Only one person called 911? Maybe the one that did call is the ONLY one that passed and saw her. People can be cold or afraid to stop but unwilling to call 911? Doubt it.
I cant believe the story. I can believe they didnt stop but I dont believe they wouldnt call 911. So, I just cant believe that numerous vehicles passed by while she was begging for help. Didnt stop. Didnt call. Nope. Seems fabricated.
The 20/20 interview tonight should be very interesting for statement analysis and body language analysis. From the clips I've seen, Keith Papini is already stammering and needing to persuade. His saying "that is correct" twice when reciting what happened - not looking straight at the interviewer either - seems odd to say the least.
On another blog, someone compared him to a first grader trying to remember everything so he could get his story straight - in particular when he was talking about metal, uh, a chain wrapped around her waist (not exact words).
I wish we could see the whole four hours unedited and not just what ABC chooses to air.
Could I learn more information about case?
"I sat him down, and I was on my knees and he was standing up," Keith Papini told ABC News. "And I said, 'You know what, buddy? I found mom,' and he got the biggest grin.'"
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Now even I know that talking about body position "sitting" "lying down" etc. is something that should be highlighted. BUT does it mean anything in this instance as he is relaying what he did when he told his son they found her? We have in this sentence alone, "sat" "on my knees" "standing up"
When does it mean something, and when does it not? I'm soooo confused!
(I'm trying to ignore the fact that Keith said numerous times, up to and including the day before she was found, that he DID NOT TELL HIS KIDS that she was gone. Soooooo...if he never told them, how can he then tell his son that she "was found". Supposedly the son didn't even know she was missing!)
I will like to train to solve case.
Almost done watching the 20/20 episode with the husband
I've never seen someone sob their way thru 60 minutes and not have one tear fall
Cameron Gamble raises red flags all over the place.
Peter, there is an interesting religious aspect in this case now. Gamble is a member of Bethel Supernatural Church in Redding. He does missionary work for the church rescuing missionaries that have been kidnapped. He goes to Mexico a lot. Gamble has a testimonial on the church's website about a rescue in Mexico where he saw "writing" supernaturally appear on a wall and was able to read a message. From God I guess.
Just a whole lot of weirdness in this case. HUGE weirdness
Lynda, that's really interesting. What I am wondering is whether Gamble actually sells those captivity containers to kidnappers down in Mexico. Kidnapping for ransom is a huge business down there. It seems preposterous to think that Gamble made tons of captivity containers just to "simulate" captivity situations around the world! Are police stupid? Those are the kind of containers Mexican kidnappers actually keep people in that they kidnapped bc they don't want their faces seen. I saw a Dateline where this guy got kidnapped by Mexicans for like 8 mos or something bc the kidnappers wanted a huge ransom and they kept the guy in a captivity container within the house or building where he was held captive. And they treated him like shit feeding him not much etc. similar to Sherri Papinni.
Katrina,
Exactly. Nothing like throwing in some weird/missionary/ransom negotiator/receiver of God's writings on walls to a case that is already beyond bizarre. Did you notice how 20/20 gave ZERO info about his "Latino" connections and religious affiliations. I wonder if Bethel is classified as a cult? They severed their affiliation with Assemblies of God and are an entity of their own.
Lynda, it was beyond mystifying how police/reporters could walk into Gamble's warehouse full of captivity containers and accept his explanation that his business trains people how to escape from them and also that they simulate captivity situations around the world when they all were the exact same container--how much variation can there be inside of the container--that is a needless question but I couldn't resist asking it. It is beyond ludicrous. The fact 2020 reported it straight-faced and asked no questions was bizarre. The fact that he has some kind of potential cult connections makes it more bizarre. But remember on Breaking Bad there were those 2 Mexican super bad guys working for the drug lord who followed that really strange cult religion?
She was probably locked inside of one of them--the one the Mexican guy was locked in was soundproof. The husband probably came across Gamble online especially if he is on some Aryan Nation thing...that could probably merge with the survivalist thing...and then Gamble enters the picture with his "pseudo-survivalist" type business (although that doesn't really describe it, still he probably presented it that way online, maybe started communicated with the hubby and Gamble probably told him that his containers can be used to lock someone up in, that he would kidnap someone if he wanted.
Katrina said
"But remember on Breaking Bad there were those 2 Mexican super bad guys working for the drug lord who followed that really strange cult religion?"
lol..being Mexican myself I can tell you that the Mexican cousins on Breaking Bad were giving an offering to Santa Muerte (Patron Saint of Death). She is popular in folklore as a protector of drug dealers, smugglers, etc amongst other things. You would take an offering to protect you from death
I see your point about all the containers. They were exactly alike! Just how many people does he have locked up at one time?? SO bizarre.
I didn't realize you were Mexican Lynda! Thank you for explaining what the cousins were doing...I was baffled during the episode where they were crawling to make an offering and I think whoever I was watching TV with said something to the effect of that the cousins were in some really weird religion and that they do drugs that causes them to become hypnotized like zombies?! The person had watched the episode previously and I thought the cousins crawling on their stomach to make the offering was so strange I just believed the explanation.
Yeah, totally crazy...exactly! HOw many people is he training at one time to escape captivity containers?! Probably not a far stretch to say if they look into that guy some huge web will begin unweaving.
Katrina...The crawling is traditional. A large part of Mexico is Catholic with a healthy mix of folklore and occultism thrown in. It is traditional to crawl long distances on your knees when giving an offering.
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Interesting observations by Lillian Glass, however I dont believe Sherri was in on it or did those things to herself. I believe Keith is an abuser who had her locked up in one of Gamble's captivity containers. He shows signs of being an abuser...overemotionalism about "Hallmark card type" sentimental things...for example crying about "Mommy's do cry when they are THIS happy!" That is how my ex was...he would put me through living hell and then on Valentine's Day gave me a wooden heart he made and painted it white (?) with TEARS in his eyes, not of apology but like "isnt this a wonderful moment we're sharing (boo-hoo)...like they live in a delusional reality where anything Hallmarkish ie, "Mommy's DO cry when they are this happy!" cancels out the reality of life with them. I BELIEVE WHAT HE IS SAYING! Sherri probably DID cry out of relief when the torture stopped and sh was returned to her kids, and I believe in Keith's twisted mind that Hallmark moment of Sherri crying because she was SO HAPPY made it all OK in his twisted mind. It is really like they think life is more like a TV show where one "perfect scene" is all it takes for everything to be "all better". Keith cited several of these including his son saying "Daddy you can tell me ANYTHING."
Lillian Glass has a very uneducated perspective of donestic violence...I used to read her blog....she should be very hesitant to jump to the conclusion Sherri tortured herself after she cites MANY indicators of control from the husband towards the wife...she then takes an illogical leap declaring the wife probably tortured herself. VERY illogical and also very uneducated about donestic violence dynamics. I would always tread quite cautiously before making a statement that someone tortured themself for 3 weeks. This a very serious matter and not a flip a coin heads or tails OK heads, she probably tortured herself.
Great comment 9:01
Thanks!
I don't know whether to believe the husband or not at this time, but I keep noticing his language contains many indications of sexual abuse. It could be he has a history of abuse himself, but the language is one of many strange things in this case.
Here is a quote I saw from Keith today:
“When lights are off, when doors shut, when she hears certain sounds, I mean it’s something that I don’t know how to deal with, and we’ll need somebody who can help her through that from a professional standpoint,” Keith said in his 20/20 interview.
Sarah, what does Keith keepe hidden under the bed? Why did Keith say that "90% of the time they would becat the store or hiding under the bed?" The kids would be at daycare/school all day, so where exactly was Sherri during the day? Why does Keith's sister emphasize that Sherri would be doing "projects" with the kids out in the garden when the kids were at school? Sherri weighed 100 lbs (suppsedly) before she went missing. Keith did not tell his kids their Mom was missing...why wouldnt the kids notice? Keith sister called Sherri a "beautiful light of a person." Where was Sherri during the dauy when Keith was at work and the kids at daycare? The pics of the couple they are posed in a way like Keith has "captured" her. What was under the bed 90% of the time while Keith was at work and kids at daycare?
Keith leaks a lot about boxes
the box with the love notes from Sherri
the mailboxes (where he tracked her cell phone to)
captivity containers (belonging to his ransom offerer)
Keith leaks 90% of the time at store (was that leakage that he himself was often at the store where he works) or hiding under the bed
Keith's kids were not told their Mom was missing and didnt notice she wasnt there?
Keith's sister called Sherri "beautiful light of a person)
All these indicators remind me of a case I read about years ago when it was featured in a news story.
Now Keith is setting the stage for Sherri to be considered so traumatized and mentally ill (and unreliable due to "craziness") that HE, NOT HER needs help "handling it".
Keith's sister leaked out that Sherri was kept on a strict "schedule".
She is "superMom" yet the kids dont even notice she is missing and Keith struggles to answer the question what she did that made her a superMom"....he thinks very hard, hesitates and then says something to the effect of "like in the mornings when she gets them ready". Even with a laid-back slacker Mom who has 2 kids under age 4 yrs, you could easily be able to rattle something off like "she sings them songs when they are sick", "she juggles so much in the evening routine", "she gives them extra help with their homework"...why is there such a poverty of details regarding her interaction withher children particularly on a day to day basis?
I find it interesting he calls the people that might question the authenticity of the kidnapping "sub-human", but issues not a single inflammatory remark about the people that supposedly beat, starved, and branded his wife.
Saw this article today about how a friend of Sherri went missing under extremely similar circumstances:
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/sherri-and-keith-papinis-schoolfriend-tera-smith-vanished-from-same-road-18-years-ago/news-story/b5d958e58601a0052ad6e22802bc8c8f
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