Sherri Papini

[almagata]

Keith Papini released a statement today.  The full statement is in the link below. 

"The officers warned me to brace myself. 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.

Her now emaciated body of 87 pounds was covered in multicolored bruises, severe burns, red rashes and chain markings. Her signature long blond hair had been chopped off. She has been branded, and I could feel the rise of her scabs under my fingers. She was thrown from a vehicle with a chain around her waist, attached to her wrists and a bag over her head. The same bag she used to flag someone down once she was able to free one of her hands. Sherri was taken from us for 22 days and suffered incredibly through both intense physical agony and severe mental torture. My reaction was one of extreme happiness and overwhelming nausea as my eyes and hands scanned her body. I was filled with so much relief and revulsion at once. My Sherri suffered tremendously, and all the visions swirling in your heads of her appearance, I assure you, are not as graphic and gruesome as the reality. "


abcnews.go.com/US/gma-exclusive-husband-sherri-papini-speaks-familys-ordeal/story?id=43840659

Despite the statement, I just can't get away from the feeling that this was theater. 

[albion]

Any idea of what they meant by branded? Branding isnt that uncommon in the gangs. If it isnt a hoax, it could have been a sex trafficking abduction, but then they might have opted for a reward instead?

[almagata]

This story had more about the branding.  It says she had burns all over her body and that she was branded with a symbol "that may have been a message her her or others". 


abcnews.go.com/US/gma-exclusive-husband-sherri-papini-speaks-familys-ordeal/story?id=43840659

[Mr Hood]

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[Mr Hood]

My post above was to ask if the branding or message is made public could somebody following the case load it up please. I was distracted and didn't get to finish what I was typing so deleted it. LE seem to be holding stuff back, I suppose they do that but what good is a message if LE stop it being understood?

[almagata]

Apparently, her husband's letter was not sanctioned for release by LE but the brand was not a symbol but was a message?

www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-papini-abduction-shasta-20161130-story.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Feurope+%28L.A.+Times+-+Europe%29&utm_content=Yahoo+Search+Results

www.kcra.com/article/sheriff-to-discuss-new-details-in-sherri-papini-case/8384152

[Mr Hood]

Thanks, I hope they do reveal the message and don't do what we've seen in the past where it takes years to determine what it was.

[almagata]

I doubt that it will remain a secret. Eventually she or Keith will speak about it and it will become public.

We tend to expect that all the information in a case will be reported in the media but the reality is that the public is not due the details. Often they are not released until a case goes to trial.

[Mr Hood]

Dec 1, 2016 11:01:02 GMT almagata said:

I doubt that it will remain a secret. Eventually she or Keith will speak about it and it will become public.

We tend to expect that all the information in a case will be reported in the media but the reality is that the public is not due the details. Often they are not released until a case goes to trial.

Why does my gut tell me we have a long wait.

[almagata]

20/20 had a special on the case run tonight. The on-line comments are fairly consistent that the viewing public is skeptical about the reality of this abduction. Many commenters think Keith is lying.

Here is another weird addition to the case. Cameron Gamble has a video supposedly produced for his ransom recovery company four years ago that is creepily similar to the Sherri Papini abduction. He works with the Bethel Church in Redding and they also offer theater classes at the church. Hmmm?

www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/kidnap-and-ransom-expert-who-offered-100k-to-sherri-papinis-abductors-made-promo-with-sherri-lookalike/news-story/75030d789f420f87a4040e02cad8aac3

[albion]

I hope the majority of the search warrants were issued after she was found. Maybe LE has some leads and is actively pursuing them. If I had to bet money, I would go with the sex-trafficking angle. Second would be revenge for something she had done or said. And lastly would be that it was a fake abduction.

[almagata]

I watched the 20/20 interview with Keith Papini today. I can understand why the on-line assessment by so many returned skepticism regarding the veracity of his words. He seemed to be acting to me. His story seemed to be a recitation of a script rather than a recollection of his experience. So if that is true, what would be some scenarios that would incline him lie?

[Mr Hood]

Dec 4, 2016 3:32:32 GMT almagata said:

I watched the 20/20 interview with Keith Papini today. I can understand why the on-line assessment by so many returned skepticism regarding the veracity of his words. He seemed to be acting to me. His story seemed to be a recitation of a script rather than a recollection of his experience. So if that is true, what would be some scenarios that would incline him lie?

That he's under pressure from LE or his wife's captors, that he's doing what somebody else has asked? Maybe it's guilt for something else that's not been considered yet. Maybe he's another victim trying to please others and it's being intuitively picked up on by the general public that sometimes smell the wrong rat.

[almagata]

Unless she was planning on heading up to Mt. Shasta for a day in the snow, it is not cold enough in Redding to need that type of clothing.  I do feel sorry for her if photographers are lurking in the bushes to snap pictures of her.  I guess you could look at it as unpaid security if they are there all the time. 

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4106664/Kidnapped-supermom-Sherri-Papini-pictured-time-escaping-captors-leaves-home-husband-two-kids.html#comments

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