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Sherri Papini to Speak Publicly for First Time About Kidnapping Hoax in Docuseries

Sherri Papini, who faked her own abduction in November 2016, will speak publicly for the first time about it in a new docuseries.

Sherri Papini, the Redding, California, mother who faked her disappearance, plans to open up about her 2016 kidnapping hoax in a forthcoming Investigation Discovery docuseries. Twenty-two days later, deemed a “Thanksgiving Miracle,” Papini was found bruised, chained, and branded on the side of the road, and told authorities that two Hispanic women had abducted and abused her. Reyes admitted to helping Papini escape and branding her shoulder with a Hobby Lobby wood burning tool per her consent, according to an FBI affidavit.

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