She is the California ‘supermom’ who became a virtual recluse after allegedly being kidnapped while jogging near her home on November 2, 2016.
Sherri Papini, 35, was found three weeks later, bound and bloodied at the side of a road, with her long blonde hair hacked off and a brand seared into her skin.
Now DailyMailTV can reveal that the mother-of-two has begun leaving her Shasta Lake home for a meal out with husband Keith, 34.
A photo exclusively obtained by DailyMailTV shows the pretty blonde having lunch with Keith, a Geek Squad technician, at a pizza restaurant shortly after noon in Redding on Monday.
In the picture, Papini’s hair appears to be longer, lighter and thicker than in the exclusive DailyMailTV photos taken in September and is pushed back with a pair of glasses.
Sherri Papini is the ‘supermom’ who claimed she was kidnapped last November. After spending the past year living as a recluse, the mother-of-two seemed to be getting back to normal when she went for pizza with her husband Keith in Redding, California, on Monday
The 35-year-old was missing for 22 days. She was found bound and bloodied at the side of a road, with her blonde hair hacked off and a brand seared into her skin on November 24, 2016
In the new picture, Papini’s hair appears to be longer, lighter and thicker than in the exclusive DailyMailTV photos taken in September (pictured left and right)
Since her return, Papini has been living a quiet existence at her family home which occupies a shady plot of land on the outskirts of Shasta Lake; a small town of 10,000 people in California. Pictured: MOD Pizza in Redding, California, where the couple ate
She also appears to have put on weight after shedding 18lbs during the abduction ordeal.
According to a source at the scene, Papini was quiet and stayed close to her husband during the lunch.
‘Sherri did not say anything the entire time, she clung tight on to her husband and when it came to order food, she didn’t even look at anybody,’ added the source. ‘Just kind of didn’t make eye contact with anybody.’
The couple did make conversation with each other, before finishing their meal and leaving.
MOD Pizza, a Washington-based chain with 270 locations nationwide, has an outlet less than half a mile from where Keith works at the Redding branch of BestBuy.
Pizzas, including the plain cheese ‘Maddy’ and the spicy ‘Calexico’, start at $5.47 for a small. Salads cost the same – $5.47 for a small increasing to $11.47 for a large.
Sides include garlic strips with pesto for $2.97 or cinnamon strips with strawberry for the same price, while dessert is a helping of No Name Cake for $1.97 a go.
A second source told DailyMail.com that the pair was spotted for a second time later the same day, this time shopping at a branch of wholesale chain Costco
The couple have been battling to put their lives back together since Papini was found wandering by the side of the Interstate 5 freeway near Yolo, California, on November 24, 2016.
Keith 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 couple have been battling to put their lives back together since Papini was found wandering by the side of the Interstate 5 freeway near Yolo, California, on November 24, 2016
Recently released sketches of Hispanic suspects accused of kidnapping and beating Papini were made available after 11 months. The first woman (left) is aged between 20 and 30 years old, about 5 feet 5 inches tall, with curly dark hair, thin eyebrows and pierced ears. The second (right) woman was 40-50 about 5ft 7 in tall, with long, straight black hair with some gray in it
A video released last month shows Papini (in red circle) running around on the morning she was found after vanishing for two weeks in November 2016
The mother-of-two, dubbed a ‘supermom’ by her sister Sheila Koester, 36, during the massive police search, disappeared while out jogging on November 2, 2016.
After being found three weeks later, Papini claimed she had been kidnapped by two Hispanic women who could not be identified because they constantly covered their faces.
Sketches of Papini’s alleged kidnappers were released this October, 11 months after the alleged kidnapping, with one described as being aged between 20 and 30 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall and with curly dark hair, thin eyebrows and pierced ears.
The second woman is between 40 and 50 years old, about 5 feet 7 inches tall, with long, straight black hair with some gray in it, thick eyebrows and pierced ears.
Papini said the women had been driving a dark-colored SUV with ‘a large rear side window’ at the time of the kidnapping but has so far been unable to give details of the make and model.
However, police also revealed that male DNA that did not belong to husband Keith was found on her clothing and said she had been texting another man before her disappearance.
Cops investigating the kidnapping had discovered Papini’s texts and tracked down the man in Detroit, Michigan on November 9 – a week after she disappeared.
The man is understood not to be a suspect in her disappearance and the Shasta County Sheriff’s Department has refused to give further details of the two-day trip.
Although Papini said women kidnapped her, but she had male DNA on her clothes that did not belong to her husband, cops said. She was also texting another man before she disappeared
Keith said at the time that his wife had suffered a broken nose, had been beaten and appeared to have been branded by her kidnappers. Pictured: Papini and Keith in undated holiday photo
Neighbors told DailyMail.com that Papini had been living as ‘a recluse’ but has begun to make more frequent appearances of late: spotted doing the school run and relaxing in her yard with a book
Since her return, Papini has been living a quiet existence at her 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.
Neighbors told DailyMail.com that she had been living as ‘a recluse’ but has begun to make more frequent appearances of late: spotted doing the school run and relaxing in her yard with a book.
Police currently have no new updates on the case but said they are ‘still actively investigating’ the episode.
Sgt Brian Jackson, of the Shasta County Sheriff’s Department, told DailyMailTV: ‘We are still actively investigating Sherri Papini’s case and continue to get tips about possible identities of the suspects released in the sketch.
‘Detectives and agents with the FBI continue to work together in hopes to getting this case solved quickly. We do not have any set timelines as to when that may be.’
But while Papini’s recovery appears to be progressing well, it hasn’t been trouble-free with cops called to her home on August 11 after screams were heard at the property.
A log of the incident, obtained by DailyMailTV, 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.
But while Papini’s recovery appears to be progressing well, it hasn’t been trouble-free with cops called to her home on August 11 after screams were heard at the property
‘RP’s father heard screaming 20 mins before RP heard this noise.’
Neighbor Linda Logan, 32, 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.’
And the August visit is not the only time cops have been called to the Papini property, with police logs obtained by DailyMail.com earlier this year showing two previous call outs between September 2010 and June 2011.
The first was an incident in which the mother-of-two believed she was victim of an online scam.
Eight months later, Papini made a second call to police claiming that an ‘unknown suspect’ had obtained her bank details.
Detective Sergeant Brian Jackson, one of the lead investigators on the kidnapping case, told DailyMail.com that both cases were closed with no criminal filings and said neither ‘appear to have any connection’ to the kidnappers.