THE internet is rife with speculation over the mysterious kidnapping case of California ‘Super Mum’ Sherri Papini.

The 34-year-old married mum-of-two living in Redding, California, USA, disappeared while she was out jogging on November 2, Heatstreet explains.

4 Sherri Papini disappeared while she was out jogging on November 2

She reappeared on the side of a highway near Sacramento on Thanksgiving Day, beaten and bloody with her hand chained behind her back.

Sherri reportedly told police she was kidnapped by two Hispanic women in a van who tortured and starved her.

While the police haven’t been forthcoming with details, Sherri’s handsome husband Keith gave an interview to ABC in which he said his wife’s captors beat her, cut off her hair, and starved her.

He claimed Sherri had lost 15 per cent of her body weight and that the captors had “branded her”.

This branding comment has led to speculation that the kidnapping was part of a sex trafficking operation.

Sherri was taken to the hospital for her injuries but – oddly – was discharged without even spending one night.

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She and her family have since skipped town for an undisclosed location to avoid media attention , leaving their dogs behind, and Sherri has not been seen once by the media since her disappearance.

The disappearance and lack of information has led to wild speculation over what really happened.

Armchair detectives and conspiracy theorists have since filled the gap with extraordinary claims that the kidnapping was staged.

Skinhead blog posting under Sherri's name

4 Sherri, pictured with her family, had a racist post written on a skinhead blog in her name in 2003 Credit: WENN

A post on a skinhead blog in 2003 under Sherri's maiden name Sherri Graeff told a similar story of getting jumped by a group of Latinos after getting in a fight with a Latina woman.

The blog entry claims Sherri was persecuted by Latinos at her high school for being of German descent, and that she was “white and proud of my blood and heritage”.

The post read: “I totally agree with Skinheads that girls should not fight. They should stand by their men.

“But, sometimes, I guess, you have to do what is necessary, when a Skinhead isn’t on hand … Being white is more than just being aware of my skin, but of standing behind Skinheads — who are always around, in spirit, as well — and having pride for my country.

“Being white is my family, my roots, my way of life. It’s always there. There’s no denying it.

“It’s nobility. It’s strength. It will be there to lift me up when I really need my pride, when I need to ‘keep walking’.”

Sherri’s ex-husband – Keith is a later marriage – recently said the post was not written by her and was actually fabricated by a jealous friend intent on smearing her.

Claims Sherri 'staged her own abduction before'

An anonymous source told Heavy that Papini’s “extended family” claimed she had staged her own kidnapping back in 2006.

Sherri has 'ties to white nationalism'

4 Sherri's husband Keith described people who didn't believe her story as 'subhuman' Credit: WENN

In addition to the skinhead blog posting, posts have been made on Pinterest under her name that can be described as “anti-Muslim” and “pro-white”, under a group euphemistically called “Cultural Differences”.

People have even pointed to the language used in the public statement made by Keith as evidence, saying it echoed that used by neo-Nazis.

“Rumors, assumptions, lies and hate have been both exhausting and disgusting,” he said. “Those people should be ashamed of their malicious, subhuman behaviour.”

The Nazis used the word subhuman, or “Untermensch”, to refer to inferior peoples such as Jews, Slavs and Roma gypsies.

Some armchair detectives have said the fact Keith brought up the idea that the kidnapping story was definitely not a way to spark a “race war” without being prompted was evidence of a conspiracy.

He said: “I understand people want the story, pictures, proof that this was not some sort of hoax, plan to gain money or some fabricated race war.”

Some internet sleuths believe these circumstantial connections to white nationalism discredit Sherri’s story, which they believe was fabricated to smear Hispanics.





Keith said Sherri’s hair had been cut off by her kidnappers, but the driver who found her on the highway said she had long blonde hair

“I saw a woman, a woman with long blonde hair by the side of the road frantically waving what looked like a shirt,” the woman told Good Morning America. “I figured if she was willing to risk being hit by a car she must really need help.”

Claims of Sherri losing lots of weight during her captivity

Conspiracy theorists have claimed Sherri's weight loss Keith described is suspicious.

When Sherri went missing she weighed about 45kg and was 39kg when she was found, according to Keith, who also said she was “emaciated” from the weight loss.

But people have speculated Sherri had an eating disorder in high school and she would not have been emaciated at that weight.

They also claim that someone who was “emaciated” would probably have a longer hospital visit.





The short hospital visit was 'odd'

Keith claims that his wife was starved and severely beaten, but some web commenters have said her short hospital visit was evidence that these claims were fabricated.

Breast implant rumours

4 Sherri is rumoured to have had a boob job just two weeks before going out jogging Credit: Facebook

One Redditor claimed there are rumours around the town that Sherri had gotten breast implants two weeks prior to the kidnapping.

Most freshly augmented women don’t go out jogging so soon after their surgery.





Hostage negotiator who offered to help find Sherri

One part of the case which has come under intense speculation is the hostage negotiator who stepped in to try to get Sherri back from her kidnappers.

Cameron Gamble has filed for bankruptcy and his business license for his company “Project Taken” has expired.

The internet is rife with extraordinary theories that the negotiator was in on some sort of elaborate forgery.

An anonymous donor who offered to pay a ransom

An anonymous donor briefly offered £40,000 in ransom money through an online message, but some have cited this as evidence of foul play, claiming no ransom was ever demanded by the kidnappers.

Gamble said he was in contact with this donor, who put a message for the kidnappers online, saying he was a visitor to Redding and was willing to meet them in order to exchange the cash for Sherri.

The donor gave a deadline of 5.00am on Wednesday November 23 before the money would be rescinded.

Similarity to other kidnapping cases

Sherri’s kidnapping shares many similarities with other high profile cases - both manufactured and genuine.

For instance, a girl Sherri went to high school with went missing while jogging at age 16 just miles from where Sherri disappeared.

Some are also comparing Sherri’s kidnapping to the notorious “runaway bride” from 2005.

A Georgia woman ran away to avoid marrying her fiance, but claimed she was kidnapped and assaulted by a Hispanic man and white woman.

Her story created a media circus, but when the real facts of the incident were revealed, the woman was charged with a felony.

Others have compared it to the case of Diane Downs, a woman who claimed a stranger hijacked her car and killed her children.

It was found out later that she had shot her children herself.

And many have even been getting their facts from fiction - making saying the case is similar to movie Gone Girl.

No solid evidence has been brought forward to support any of these claims, but that hasn't stopped the online community of armchair sleuths to drawing their own conclusions.

And that speculation is likely to continue for as long as solid information on the case is lacking.

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