California Mom Sherri Papini Sentenced In 2016 Kidnapping Hoax

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California Mom Sherri Papini Sentenced In 2016 Kidnapping Hoax

A Northern California mother who confessed to faking her own kidnapping was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for the 2016 crime that resulted in a massive manhunt and yearlong news frenzy. Sherri Papini, a 39-year-old mother of two, pleaded guilty in April to mail fraud and lying to a federal officer in the […]

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