A woman faked her kidnapping several years ago, and why she did it will absolutely make your blood boil. You will be totally infuriated!

Just six short years ago, many were intrigued and concerned over the case of Sherri Papini, a mother of two who had disappeared from Shasta County, California on November 2, 2016 and did not reappear until Thanksgiving Day-three weeks later.

Her husband Keither reported her missing after she failed to pick up her kids from daycare. Moreover, they found some headphones and other personal items along a jogging trail that she had frequented.

After the Los Angeles Times reported that Keith Papini had passed a polygraph test, he started a GoFundMe after she disappeared that raised as much as $50,000.

Sherri Papini was hailed online as a “super mom”, but she was eventually found on the side of a freeway in Yolo County. She was injured, only 87 pounds, and suffered from burns, bruises, and a broken nose. She told a terrifying tale of an abusive kidnapping, but was it real?

Now that six years have passed, the woman has collected hundreds of thousands of payments from the California Victim Compensation Board, including at least $30,000 to pay for her therapy and other restitution.

This also led to many women in the area fearing for their own safety after Papini disappeared. For year, Mrs. Papini held steadfastly to her story, saying that her captors were Spanish-speaking and were Latina women.

Over the years and dozens of payments from the California Victim Compensation Board, she collected around $30,000 to pay for therapy and other restitution.

Many women in the area feared for their safety after Papini’s disappearance. For years, she held to her story, saying that her captors spoke Spanish and were Latina women.

It was in 2020 that authorities began to question her account, and this led to some disconcerting accounts from people in her past that described her as a known liar and an attention-seeker.

It was during an interview in August of that year that a federal agent and Shasta County Sheriff’s Office deputy detective showed her some evidence they had found against her case and even warned her about the penalties of lying to those in law enforcement, but she still stuck to her story.

However, even though it has been several years since the story broke, she was recently arrested for lying about the whole entire thing.

An ex-boyfriend came forward, and claimed that the whole entire time that she had supposedly been kidnapped, she had actually been staying with him. She caused her own wounds and told him a story about her husband.

“Papini told him that her husband was beating and raping her and she was trying to escape,” the criminal complaint said.

“In truth, Papini had been voluntarily staying with a former boyfriend in Costa Mesa and had harmed herself to support her false statements,” the U.S. attorney’s office said.

“Ultimately, the investigation revealed that there was no kidnapping and that time and resources that could have been used to investigate actual crime, protect the community, and provide resources to victims were wasted based on the defendant’s conduct,” U.S. Attorney Phillip Talbert said.

A furious Shasta County Sheriff Michael L. Johnson posted on Facebook on Thursday to announce this arrest and the progress made in this case.

“Today is a great day for the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office, and for all law enforcement in this county,” Johnson wrote. “Sherri Papini cost public safety (conservatively) in excess of $150,000 dollars in resources to investigate her knowingly false claims and staged abduction.

“Not only did this charade take valuable resources away from real criminal investigative matters, but in a time where there is serious human trafficking cases with legitimate victims Sherri Papini used this tragic societal phenomenon to gain notoriety and financial gain.

“Finally, all of law enforcement in Shasta county was put on a national stage and subjected to scrutiny and criticism for the handling of this case. It has been a long time coming and we are grateful to our federal partners for diligently pursuing justice.”

Papini will not only be facing fines for each of the two charges possibly to the tune of $500,000, but she also will possibly face as much as a 25-year prison term.