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Chains and branded skin: California kidnap case baffles cops

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three weeks after Sherri Papini disappeared, the question of whether she was dead or alive was answered when the young mother and wife was spotted waving frantically for help along a California freeway early on Thanksgiving morning. The bizarre turn of events — with many of the most sensational details released not by authorities but by her husband in an exclusive interview with ABC — has baffled police and set social media aflutter, with armchair detectives scouring the internet's darkest corners for clues and others arguing that the case is some kind of twisted hoax, like something out of the movie "Gone Girl." "Sherri did her best that she could in providing the descriptions, but she was not able to provide a detailed description due to the suspects covering their faces, and at times Sherri's head was covered," the sheriff said. Papini's husband was considered a suspect until he passed a polygraph test, the sheriff said, and friends and family have described her as happily married and a devoted mother of two. [...] police have been upset by some of the husband's actions, including contacting Gamble for help and divulging details of her injuries to the media. Bosenko said the release of the details could compromise the investigation and the ransom offer could hinder it by bringing out scam artists. Keith Papini, for his part, lashed out at the "rumors, assumptions, lies and hate" that have circulating, saying: "Those people should be ashamed of their malicious, subhuman behavior."

 

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