Where Is Keith Papini Now?: On 2nd Nov, 2016, Sherri Papini, wife of Keith Papini went missing. When he tried calling her, it went unanswered and upon looking into the ‘Find My Location’ app to get the location of his wife’s iPhone, he discovered it on a road closure near to their house in Redding which is situated in California. He then immediately informed the sheriff about the incident that her 34-year-old wife, Sherri Papini went missing while she gone out for jogging.
After 21 days, she reappeared on a side road to a highway located in California itself stating that she was kidnapped by two Hispanic women who chained her up and beaten by them and never showed their faces. During these 21 days, a huge police force was assigned to this case, they all their luck to find out the kidnapers but never got a clue. Upon ending up with zero evidence about the kidnapping except the story Sherri has been telling since her reappearance, police started doubting her and began their investigation to dig further and find out the trust.
In 2022, she was arrested on suspicion of lying to a federal officer and also indulged in mail fraud as she collected money through a campaign stating her as the victim. All of her story proved as a lie when police matched the DNA sample found on the clothes that she was wearing when she reappeared on that highway with one of her ex-boyfriends named James Reyes. Police interviewed Reyes and later concluded that she had been voluntarily staying with Reyes in Costa Mesa, California, which was approximately 600 miles away from her home in Redding which she turned into a 3 weeks kidnapping story done by two women who never showed their faces. James even revealed that all the brushes she had on her body were purposely made by her to support her fake story about the kidnapping.
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Finally, in August 2020, police showed her enough evidence which left her with no other option but to confront that her kidnapping story was a bunch of lies. But what’s shocking was that upon an interaction with the press, she never felt sorry for her doing and instead, she continued to make further statements about the kidnappers which everyone understood was a lie by then.
While she was away with her ex-boyfriend James, her husband Keith repeatedly appeared in multiple interviews wishing for her wife’s safe return.
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Later when he discovered her fake story, he filed for divorce and full custody of the two children. Recently, this whole story was brought up again by Hulu on 20th June 2024 in three parts releasing all episodes at once. 8 years ago, this whole incident shocked Northern California and made national headlines leading to campaigns and fundraising to aid her rescue mission.
Speaking about their current lives and where they live now, then Sherri Papini, the woman who faked her kidnapping now lives with her boyfriend and she is 41 years old now. Upon one of her recent visits to her children, she told them that she had been working on writing two books. This entire incident has been turned into a documentary that is available on the Hulu platform with the name “Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini.”
Recently, her ex-husband, Keith Papini was interviewed and he finally broke his 7 years of silence since the incident occurred in 2016. During the interview, he informed that Sherri Papini, his ex-wife is yet to pay a $300K fine for faking her kidnapping. He even said that when she was discovered on that highway on Thanksgiving, he thought it was a miracle but later it turned out that it was all a lie. He still remembers that first look she gave him when she realized that she was getting caught. Keith said that she has now made an image that has been buried deep in his brain.
Due to her fake story, many people’s life is affected. They fear going on jogging, riding their bike alone, or even walking to school. He believes that he won’t be able to forgive her ever for what she did. He then added that If it was just him, he might get over it, but what she has done to everyone, he just doesn’t know if that’s something he can forget about. He even needs to make sure now that he is the best dad for both his kids while raising them.
You Can Watch “Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini” On Hulu.
