

If they believed it was some stranger that abducted her, they would be citing that over and over again.' 'The role of the police is to keep the public safe. 'Generally when law enforcement doesn't say there's a public threat, they genuinely believe the person actually knows the perpetrator,' former Sgt. Kyle Wallace told the Post, while refusing to comment further on why they believed the general public to be safe.Ī retired NYPD detective claims that this may be because cops believe Papini knew the people who abducted her. 'The case is pretty unique, so it calls for unique handling of it,' Sgt. The case is being spearheaded by the Shasta County Sheriff's Office with aide from the FBI, but their only comment on the case is that they don't believe the public to be at risk from Papini's kidnappers. 'They could be putting it on the back burner because they don't have the pressure to solve it,' the source said. They have previously said they do not have a reason not to believe her story. The source said that investigators do not want to say either way whether Papini's story is true or if it was all an elaborate ruse. 'He said, basically, that it was a hoax', the source reportedly said. Her new comments come after a mystery tipster reportedly contacted the Shasta County Sheriff's Office to claim that Papini was with him the whole time she was missing.Ī law enforcement source told the New York Post that the man had called them a few months ago. Yet Papini - who has lived a reclusive life with her husband, son and daughter since her return - maintains her story and says she hopes those responsible for her abduction are caught. Skepticism surrounded her story as reports emerged of her having being in contact with another man before her disappearance and police still don't know who abducted her. The 38-year-old was found alive by the side of a road 150 miles from her home, bound and bloodied with her long blonde hair hacked off and a brand seared into her skin. Sherri Papini, described by her family as a 'supermom', went missing while out jogging in November 2016 and was not seen again for more than three weeks. Published: 16:21 BST, 30 October 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 30 October 2020Ī California mom of two who claimed she was abducted by two Hispanic women four years ago after she went missing for 22 days has said she still hopes for a breakthrough in her case. She has lived a reclusive life and it rarely seen outside since her disappearance.At the time of her disappearance, it had been reported that Papini had been texting another man.Yet a new tipster claims Papini was with him the whole time she claims she was abducted and says her story is a 'hoax'.Four years on, Papini is still hopeful there will be a breakthrough in the case.Cops have never been able to identify a suspect or a motive.She claims to have been abducted by two Hispanic women.After 22 days, the mother of two was found bound and bloodied by the side of the road 150 miles from her home.Sherri Papini, 38, went missing in California while out jogging in November 2016.

'Supermom' Sherri Papini hopes for a break in her abduction case four years after claiming she was kidnapped for 22 days by two Hispanic women - but new tipster calls her story a hoax and says she was with him the entire time
