Sherri Papini Abduction | Sheriff Confirms Husband"s Chilling Details
The abductors of Redding mother Sherri Papini may have branded her and cut off her hair while holding her captive to send a message and humiliate her, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko told Good Morning America on Wednesday.
I would think that was some sort of either an exertion of power and control and/or maybe some type of message that the brand contained, Bosenko said. It is not a symbol, but it was a message.
Bosenko declined to elaborate on the brands appearance. Papinis blond hair was cut, Bosenko said, because her captor or captors were very sick and may have wanted to not only cut it off not to change her physical appearance but also as to humiliate to wear her down.
Papini was found on the side of a road beaten, chained, with a bag over her head and weighing only 87 pounds Thanksgiving morning, her husband said in a statement released Tuesday.
"Nothing could have prepared me for what I was about to see upon my arrival at the hospital, nor the details of the true h**l I was about to hear," Keith Papini wrote. "My first sight was my wife in a hospital bed, her face covered in bruises ranging from yellow to black because of repeated beatings, the bridge of her nose broken."
In the statement to Good Morning America, the husband also rejected Internet speculation that Sherri was not actually kidnapped.
"We are not going to allow those people to take away our spirit, love, or rejoice in our girl found alive and home where she belongs," he wrote. "I understand people want the story, pictures, proof that this was not some sort of hoax, plan to gain money, or some fabricated race war. I do not see a purpose in addressing each preposterous lie."
Authorities investigating the case have also said they have no reason to disbelieve her story.
Detectives were delving into the victims past as they tried to piece together details of the bizarre episode.
The 34-year-old woman was found bound by restraints along Interstate 5 in Yolo County. Officials were called about 4:30 a.m. after Papini flagged down a motorist. The mother of two was treated for injuries and reunited with her husband.
Officials said they were not aware of a motive for the apparent kidnapping. Bosenko also said it was not clear whether Papini knew her abductors.
Before Papini was found, police had filed about 20 search warrants in court related to the investigation. Many were filed under seal, the Sacramento Bee reported. ABC reported that detectives were also looking through Papinis computer records, investigating past relationships and seeking video surveillance camera footage that might offer clues.
Papini disappeared Nov. 2 while she was out for a jog in the small town of Mountain Gate in Shasta County.
Her husband reported her missing after he came home from work and found that she hadnt picked up their children from daycare. Her cellphone and headphones were found near where she had last been seen, about a mile from her home, investigators said.
Her disappearance made national news, and the community launched an aggressive manhunt to find her. Her story was shared on social media and volunteer searches were launched.
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Staff writer Esmeralda Bermudezcontributed to this report.
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