Pretty Little Liar Sherry Papini (9 photos)

Young Californian, happy wife and mother of Sherry Papini in that fateful day - November 2, 2016 - did not return from a run. And life the whole family was divided from that moment on before and after.





Kit's husband tried to call her. After unsuccessful attempts went to explore Sherry's usual route. And stumbled upon the headphones phone and a wisp of hair.



Papini family

The man immediately contacted the police. To search volunteers also joined in: a nice friendly woman in Redding, many knew and loved. Neither numerous announcements about the loss, nor the speech TV did not work. Relatives did not find a place for themselves.

happy rescue



Sherry and Keith

Three weeks later, on Thanksgiving Day, a woman found on a highway 250 kilometers from the city. She waved her hands trying to get the attention of drivers. The unfortunate looked awful: painful thinness, abrasions and bruises on the face and body, a broken nose and unevenly trimmed hair. The chain at the waist looked especially creepy. women and the brand that the kidnapper burned on the unfortunate shoulder blade, marking like cattle.

Sherri had little to say about the events of those three weeks. tell. Two Hispanic women grabbed it, pulled it over their heads bag and pushed into the car. Brought to some house, locked in the basement, handcuffed, and repeatedly beaten and tortured. Sherry assumed that they wanted to sell her into slavery or for organs. But in the end the kidnappers again put the victim in the car and threw it on the highway.

Consequence and versions



After the kidnapping



Identikit

The woman with great difficulty was able to describe the criminals: they hid their faces under scarves. The identikit did not give a result even with given the considerable promised reward of $ 1,000.

During the examination of Sherry's clothes, she found biological materials. But men's. The police were alert: where did the guy come on if Sherry was describing women?



James and Sherry

In the course of the investigation, Papini received a rather large compensation from a local organization. And spent money on rehab and home repairs. The police checked the victim's call log and found out that a few days before the abduction, she spoke to a Michigan resident on named James Reyes. Which, by a strange coincidence, turned out to be Sherry's ex-boyfriend.

The police obtained a sample for analysis - a bottle from under soda that the man threw in the urn. The result was expected: the DNA on Sherry's clothes matched the sample on the jar.

The man was called in for questioning. He told his version events. According to her, the ex-girlfriend herself called him and became Complain about an abusive husband. She told about the plans and asked for a while shelter.

James agreed and picked up Sherri at the agreed place in right time. After three weeks of idleness, a woman I was going home - I missed my son and daughter. Almost all injuries made by hand.

Unexpected outcome and punishment



In August 2020, the couple were summoned for questioning, stating that in Indeed, new evidence emerged. When asked if Sherry agreed to the presence husband, she answered in the affirmative. The policeman said that the DNA on Papini's clothes belong to Sherry's ex-boyfriend.

Kit, whom the missus made out to be a tyrant and an abuser, was in a state of shock. After all, he protected and supported in every possible way wife, protecting from the attacks of the press, who tried to catch Sherri in a lie.



Last spring, Sherry was arrested and charged fraud and perjury. Outcome of the trial proceedings became a sentence: a year and a half in prison and payment of compensation in the amount of 310 thousand dollars.

The family broke up. Keith also demanded sole custody of children, arguing the claim with the mental problems of the ex-wife. But it was divided between the spouses. Soon Sherry, who exchanged happy family life for short-term entertainment and trying also get rich on this, come out on the looseode. The woman claims to be very repents of the committed and regrets that it happened.



Shot from the film "The Mystery of the Kidnapping of Sherry Papini"

This year, the film "The Mystery of Sherry's Kidnapping" was released. Papini" based on this controversial story. Filmmakers got inspired fantasy of an enterprising criminal. Naturally, for permission film adaptation, she received a tidy sum, which covered a large part of the compensation.