She is battling to put her life back together after allegedly being snatched by a pair of female sex traffickers while out jogging last November.
But although reclusive California ‘supermom’ Sherri Papini smiled last week as she made a rare foray from her Shasta Lake home to collect her two young children from daycare, her recovery has been far from easy.
On August 11, police were called to her home to perform a welfare check after worried neighbors reported hearing screaming coming from the property she shares with her family.
In July, DailyMail.com revealed that the young mother is living a reclusive existence as she attempts to overcome last year’s ordeal.
The pretty blonde shed 18 pounds during the abduction but, seen here in pictures exclusively obtained by DailyMailTV, finally appears to have regained some of the weight she lost.
Rare sighting: Sherri Papini was spotted in a rare venture outside of her Shasta Lakes home to pick up her two children from daycare, nearly a year after she was kidnapped
All smiles: The 35-year-old mother-of-two appeared to be in good spirits as her ‘signature’ long blonde hair, hacked off during the abduction, growing back, grows back
Her ‘signature’ long blonde hair, hacked off during the abduction, is now growing back but there was no sign of the brand that was allegedly burned into her skin by the kidnappers.
The 35-year-old disappeared while out jogging a mile from her home on November 2 and was found three weeks later, wandering bound and bloodied on a road just off the Interstate 5.
Husband Keith, 33, who works for the local branch of Best Buy, said at the time that his wife had suffered a broken nose, had been beaten and appeared to have been branded by her kidnappers.
The mother-of-two, dubbed a ‘supermom’ by her sister Sheila Koester, 36, during the massive police search, has not yet spoken about her ordeal but has provided Shasta police with an account of what happened.
After being reunited with her husband, Papini returned to the family home which occupies a shady plot of land on the outskirts of Shasta Lake; a small town of 10,000 people in Northern California.
Since then, she has rarely been seen and is described by neighbors as living a ‘reclusive’ existence while also trying to put her life back together, according to her father-in-law Kenneth, 64.
Supermom: Papini – mother to Tyler, five, and Violet, three – is described by neighbors as living a ‘reclusive’ existence while also trying to put her life back together since her ordeal
Papini (pictured with her husband Keith, 33) may have suffered a setback last month when police were called to her home after a reported altercation
The Papinis are said to be typically ‘quiet neighbors’ but shocked nearby residents after ‘very loud noises’ were heard coming from their home around 11pm on August 11
Police logs show Papini’s neighbor reported ‘very loud noises’ and screaming around 11pm on August 11
But her recovery appeared to have suffered a setback last month, with police called to her home on August 11 after a neighbor heard an altercation at the property.
A log of the incident, obtained by DailyMail.com, reads: ‘RP [reporting party] req[uested] W/C [welfare check] on two listed neighbors due to hearing very loud noises (like a Jaws type movie) coming from their house last night around 2300 hrs.
‘RP’s father heard screaming 20 mins before RP heard this noise.’
Neighbor Linda Logan, 31, who made the call, told DailyMail.com that she became concerned because hearing noise from the Papini property is so unusual.
She said: ‘The reason I called for a welfare check is because they are so quiet and private. I went out for a smoke around 11.32pm but about two minutes later, I heard their TV on crazy loud.
‘I thought it was odd because they have two young kids but by 11.38pm it stopped. The next day, I talked to my dad and he said he had heard screaming about 20 minutes earlier.’
Retired police officer Jim Ferrario, 55, who occupies a second house on the same plot of land sitting directly behind the Papini home, added: ‘If I was still a cop, I would have gone to investigate. It sounded like she was freaking out.’
Linda continued: ‘I called for a welfare check around noon the next day because it was really weird – they are such quiet neighbors and it was so late and they have two very young children.’
Papini was spotted outside of her Northern California home in a small town of 10,000 people – Neighbors say she is hardly ever seen leaving her house ever since her ordeal
No action was taken by police, although the call out was recorded in the official police log.
In response to DailyMail.com’s request for comment, Papini’s spokeperson said:
‘Keith Papini was watching Game of Thrones a little too loudly at 11PM, and because the Papinis are so beloved by their neighbors, a call was placed after someone heard “screaming” and the sounds of a ‘Jaws type movie’ coming from the Papinis’ home. A wellness check was performed the next day to which no further inquiry or action was taken. This can also be verified by the appropriate authorities.’
But the visit is not the first time that officers from the local police department have been called to the property, according to records obtained by DailyMail.com.
Logs included in the Papini kidnap case file, part of which was made available to DailyMail.com via a public records request, include a note of an incident in September 2010 in which the mother-of-two believed she was victim of an online scam.
Papini made a second call to police just eight months later, in June 2011, claiming that an ‘unknown suspect’ had obtained her bank details.
Detective Sergeant Brian Jackson, one of the lead investigators on the Papini case, told DailyMail.com that both cases were closed with no criminal filings but said neither ‘appear to have any connection’ to the kidnappers.
The same file also reveals Papini had crossed paths with law enforcement prior to marrying first husband Richard Dreyfus, 32, in 2007 and current spouse Keith in 2009.
Police records included in the file show Papini was accused by her sister of kicking in the back door of the Shasta Lake family home in October 2000.
A second call, made the same day by her parents Richard and Loretta Graeff, describes the incident as ‘vandalism’ and says Papini had gone off ‘to somewhere in Redding’.
In September 2003, the pretty blonde was found riding in a ‘suspicious vehicle’ by police in Shasta Lake, accompanied by a friend named Brandin Weese.
Keith Papini, 33, said at the time that his wife had suffered a broken nose, had been beaten and appeared to have been branded by her kidnappers (seen leaving their Shasta Lake home)
Sherri sparked one of the largest manhunts in California history after she was reported missing on November 2, 2016. She has never spoken publicly on the incident
According to the record, the silver Jeep Papini was riding in narrowly missed another car at a junction on Sacramento Street.
A month later, Papini’s parents called the cops for a second time regarding their daughter, this time claiming she had taken money from her father’s bank account – although the log notes she later returned it.
In December 2003, Papini’s mother made a third call to cops, telling officers her daughter, then 21, was harming herself and blaming it on her.
According to the log, Loretta also asked the police for advice because Papini was returning to live in the family home.
The final call included in the case file was made by Keith in November 2011, who reported a loose pitbull dog running around on his remote property and asked to have it removed.
Records show that the next contact with police at the home came when Keith reported his wife missing on November 2, 2016.
The official log of the incident shows the first panicked phone call came in at 5.51pm that day with cops arriving at the property at 6.30pm.
A summary of the call made to police by Keith notes: ‘Arrived home from work and wife isn’t there. Wife also didn’t pick up their juvs [children] from school.
Papini was found 140 miles from home on the side of a freeway near the tiny town of Yolo at 4.39am
According to a 911 call made to Yolo police, the stay-at-home mom appeared ‘heavily battered’ when she was spotted by a passing driver
‘RP [reporting party Keith] found her phone at the end of the driveway, hair in headphones.’
In fact, the phone was discovered a mile away at the intersection of Sunrise Drive and Old Oregon Highway – neatly placed on the ground and with the headphones tidily wrapped around it.
Speaking in December, after Papini had been found, Sheriff Tom Bosenko confirmed that the phone had been found ‘neatly placed’ on the ground, telling the Today Show: ‘It appeared it had been set in some grass with the screen facing up, and then the earbuds to the phone were loosely coiled and appeared to be placed on the screen.
He added: ‘It did somewhat appear to be that it was placed there purposely.’
Intriguingly, receipts obtained by DailyMail.com reveal that police also traveled to Detroit, Michigan, during the investigation – arriving in the city on November 9.
Detective Kyle Wallace, who is leading the investigation into the mother-of-two’s kidnap ordeal, visited a number of suburbs, including Plymouth, Canton, Northville and New Hudson before returning to Redding, apparently empty-handed, on November 11.
Records show he was joined for the trip by another officer, Sergeant Brian Jackson.
Speaking about the trip, Jackson said: ‘Detectives went to Michigan to conduct follow up about Ms. Papini’s disappearance but we are not able to comment about specifics due to the investigation being open and ongoing.’
Despite the visit to Michigan, when Papini was found, on November 24, 2016, it was just 140 miles from home; on the side of a freeway near the tiny town of Yolo.
Papini was found three weeks later and was reunited with her husband and kids in their $128,000 home in Shasta Lake
Papini said she was taken at the intersection of Sunrise Drive and Old Oregon Highway while on a jog. She’s described her captors as two Hispanic women who drove a dark SUV
According to a 911 call made to Yolo police, the stay-at-home mom appeared ‘heavily battered’ when she was spotted by a passing driver – her injuries later described by husband Keith as being the result of multiple beatings.
A record of the discovery made by the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office notes that she was found at 4.39am but does not give a description of the suspects – instead recording it as ‘N/A’.
The log continues: ‘Missing person [Papini] from Shasta County was found in Yolo along Interstate 5. The missing person was found to be kidnapped.’
Speaking in a press conference after the young mother was found, Sheriff Bosenko said Papini described her kidnappers as being two Hispanic women who drove a dark SUV.
The pair remain at large, with Det. Sgt. Jackson telling DailyMail.com that his office is still working on identifying the women.
He said: ‘We are still working on trying to identify the suspects in this case however at this time we do not have any identities to release.’
Despite the lack of updates, receipts obtained by DailyMail.com show police traveled to Williams, 103 miles south of Redding, on December 15, and to Woodland – close to where Papini was found – on December 17.
And cops told DailyMail.com that other women living in the area have nothing to fear, with Det. Sgt. Jackson saying they have no information that would give rise to safety concerns.
He explained: ‘There is no information that would cause our office to feel that the general public to be concerned for their safety. We do recommend that the public be aware of their surroundings and to report suspicious persons.’
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